Bell

[bel] or [bɛl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.

(noun.) the flared opening of a tubular device.

(noun.) the sound of a bell being struck; 'saved by the bell'; 'she heard the distant toll of church bells'.

(noun.) United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922).

(noun.) English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961).

(noun.) a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905).

(noun.) the shape of a bell.

(noun.) (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m..

(verb.) attach a bell to; 'bell cows'.

达伦編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.

(n.) A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved.

(n.) Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower.

(n.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.

(n.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated.

(v. t.) To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.

(v. t.) To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.

(v. i.) To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell.

(v. t.) To utter by bellowing.

(v. i.) To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar.

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解釋/意思:

n. a bubble formed in a liquid.

n. a hollow vessel of metal which gives forth a ringing sound when struck by the tongue or clapper suspended inside—as in church-bell hand-bell alarm-bell night-bell marriage-bell &c.: a corolla shaped like a bell: the body of a Corinthian or composite capital without the surrounding foliage: anything bell-shaped as in diving-bell bell-glass the bell or outward-turned orifice of a trumpet &c.: a bell rung to tell the hour: (naut.) the bell struck on shipboard every half-hour as many times as there are half-hours of the watch elapsed—'two bells ' 'three bells ' &c. meaning that there are two or three half-hours past; the watch of four hours is eight bells.—v.t. to furnish with a bell esp. in To bell the cat to take the leading part in any hazardous movement from the ancient fable of the mice who proposed to hang a warning bell round the cat's neck.—ns. Bell′cote (archit.) an ornamental structure made to contain one or two bells and often crowned by a small spire; Bell′-crank a rectangular lever in the form of a crank used for changing the direction of bell-wires; Bell′-found′er one who founds or casts bells; Bell′-glass a bell-shaped glass for sheltering flowers; Bell′-hang′er one who hangs and repairs bells; Bell′man one who rings a bell esp. on the streets before making public announcements: a town-crier; Bell′-met′al the metal of which bells are made—an alloy of copper and tin; Bell′-punch a hand-punch containing a signal-bell used for punching a hole in a ticket in order to keep a record of the number of fares taken; Bell′-ring′er one whose business it is to ring a bell on stated occasions: a performer with musical hand-bells; Bell′-rope the rope by which a bell is rung.—adj. Bell′-shaped.—ns. Bell′-tow′er a tower built to contain one or more bells a campanile; Bell′-tur′ret a turret containing a bell-chamber usually crowned with a spire; Bell′-weth′er the leading sheep of a flock on whose neck a bell is hung: (fig.) any loud turbulent fellow esp. the leader of a mob.—Bell book and candle a phrase popularly used in reference to a form of excommunication ending with the words 'Do to the book quench the candle ring the bell.'—To bear or carry off the bell to have or to gain the first place.

v.i. to bellow roar: to utter loudly.—n. the cry of a stag at rutting-time.

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