knell
美音:[nel
]
英音:[nel
]
n.丧钟 v.敲丧钟
难易程度:
knell为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:knelled 过去分词:knelled 现在分词:knelling 第三人称单数:knells
knell
/nel; nɛl/
n (usu sing 通常作单数)
1 sound of a bell rung slowly after a death or at a funeral 丧钟声.
2 (fig rhet 比喻, 修辞) sign that sth has ended for ever 某事物结束的徵兆
*It sounded the (death-)knell of all her hopes. 那事听起来就像是给她的一切希望敲起了丧钟.
n (usu sing 通常作单数)
1 sound of a bell rung slowly after a death or at a funeral 丧钟声.
2 (fig rhet 比喻, 修辞) sign that sth has ended for ever 某事物结束的徵兆
*It sounded the (death-)knell of all her hopes. 那事听起来就像是给她的一切希望敲起了丧钟.
knell
n[C]
[Language: Old English;Origin: cnyll]
literary the sound of a bell being rung slowly because someone has died
→death knell
[Language: Old English;Origin: cnyll]
literary the sound of a bell being rung slowly because someone has died
→death knell
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