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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

bell [bεl]
  1. 1. noun [c] [of church]
  2. 2. noun (also: handbell) 摇铃
  3. 3. noun (on door) 门铃
    that rings a bell
    [inf] 那使人想起某事

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

bell [bel]
  1. 1. n.[c]
    We were woken every Sunday morning by the church bell.
    我们每个星期天教堂钟声叫醒
  2. 2. n.[c] 门铃
    The bell was fitted beside the front door.
    门铃安装前门旁边
  3. 3. noun 钟声
    I always hear the bell.
    一直听到钟声
    She heard the distant toll of church bells.
    听到远处传来的教堂钟声
  4. 4. n.[c] [Navigation] 船钟
  5. 5. n.[c] 钟形
    Production rises, peaks and falls in a bell shaped curve.
    产量不断升高到达顶峰然后下降,呈钟形曲线
  6. 6. n.[c] [People] 梅尔维尔贝尔(1819-1905)语言学家
  7. 7. n.[c] [People] 贝尔(1879-1961),英国画家
  8. 8. n.[c] [People] 贝尔(1847-1922),美国籍发明家
  9. 9. n.[c]
    Get them to play their bells, starting with the leftmost pupil.
    他们练习钟琴,从最左边的学生开始
  10. 10. n.[c] 喇叭口
    He was dressed in a chequered jacket and bell bottomed trousers.
    他穿了一件方格夹克喇叭裤
  11. 11. vt. 使成钟的形状
  12. 12. vt. 系铃于
    The farmer was belling his animals.
    农民正在他的牲畜绑上铃铛

Collins English-English Dictionary

bell [bεl]
  1. 1. n a hollow, usually metal, cup-shaped instrument that emits a musical ringing sound when struck, often by a clapper hanging inside it
  2. 2. n the sound made by such an instrument or device, as for showing the hours or marking the beginning or end of a period of time
  3. 3. n an electrical device that rings or buzzes as a signal
  4. 4. n the bowl-shaped termination of the tube of certain musical wind instruments, such as the trumpet or oboe
  5. 5. n any musical percussion instrument emitting a ringing tone, such as a glockenspiel, one of a set of hand bells, etc - Compare chime
  6. 6. n [nautical] a signal rung on a ship's bell to count the number of half-hour intervals during each of six four-hour watches reckoned from midnight. Thus, one bell may signify 12.30, 4.30, or 8.30 a.m. or p.m
  7. 7. n See diving bell
  8. 8. n [Biology] a structure resembling a bell in shape, such as the corolla of certain flowers or the body of a jellyfish
  9. 9. n [Brit] [Slang] a telephone call (esp in the phrase give someone a bell)
  10. 10. vb to be or cause to be shaped like a bell
  11. 11. vt. [tr] to attach a bell or bells to
  12. 12. vt. [Etymology] Old English belle; related to Old Norse bjalla, Middle Low German bell; see bell2
bell [bεl]
  1. 1. n a bellowing or baying cry, esp that of a hound or a male deer in rut
  2. 2. vb to utter (such a cry)
  3. 3. vb [Etymology] Old English bellan; related to Old Norse belja to bellow, Old High German bellan to roar, Sanskrit bhasate he talks; see bellow

Examples

Bell alias Jones
贝尔又名琼斯
He was watching television when the door bell rang.
门铃响的时候,他正在看电视。
I've been ringing your door bell for twenty minutes. Where were you?
我一直在按你的门铃,都按了20分钟了,你去哪儿了?
Be careful not to break that bell-jar.
小心别把那个钟型罩给打碎了。
Her name rings a bell but I can't remember where I read it before.
她的名字好像很熟,但我想不起在哪儿见到到过了。

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