bell
英[bel]
美[bɛl]
- n. 铃，钟；钟声，铃声；钟状物
- vt. 装钟于，系铃于
- vi. 鸣钟；成钟状鼓起
英英释意
- 1. a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
- 2. a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
- 3. the sound of a bell being struck;
- "saved by the bell"
- "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
- 4. (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.
- 5. the shape of a bell
- 6. a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer
- 7. the flared opening of a tubular device