Knell

[nel] or [nɛl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something.

(verb.) ring as in announcing death.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything.

(n.) To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.

(v. t.) To summon, as by a knell.

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解釋/意思:

n. the stroke of a bell: the sound of a bell at a death or funeral.—v.i. to sound as a bell: toll.—v.t. to summon as by a tolling bell.

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