
n.鐘;鈴;門鈴;鐘聲;鐘狀物
vt.敲鐘;使象鐘狀地張開
vi.使呈鐘狀;張開
I was roused by the sound of the bell this morning. 今天早晨,我被鈴聲喚醒。
I was too preoccupied to hear the bell. 當(dāng)時(shí)我出神地想著心事,沒有聽見門鈴響。
The church bell calls up my wedding day. 教堂的鐘聲使我想起了我結(jié)婚的那天。
用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)The young monk clangs the bell every morning. 年幼的和尚每天早晨當(dāng)當(dāng)?shù)厍苗姟?/p>
Lots of bell ringers were killed by lightning. 許多敲鐘人被閃電擊斃。
用作不及物動(dòng)詞 (vi.)The thief got flurried,thinking that it was too bad to have produced the crashiing sound which would himself on the bell,trying to muffle the crashing sound with his arms. 他心里一急,身子一下子撲到了鐘上,張開雙臂想捂住鐘聲,可鐘聲又怎么捂得住呢!
bell的基本意思是“鐘”“鈴”,多指由金屬制成的響器,最常見的是球形而下開一條口,里面放金屬丸或小錘,振動(dòng)時(shí)相互撞擊而發(fā)聲,此外還可指電鈴、車鈴等,其形狀不一,為可數(shù)名詞。
bell的另一個(gè)意思是“鐘聲”“鈴聲”,一般用作單數(shù)名詞。
bell還可作“鐘狀物”解,是可數(shù)名詞。
在非正式英語里give sb a bell可作“給某人打個(gè)電話”解。
n.叛亂;反抗
n.美女