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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- bell
[bεl]
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1.
noun
[c]
[of church]
钟
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2.
noun
(also: handbell) 摇铃
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3.
noun
(on door) 门铃
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that rings a bell
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[inf] 那使人想起某事
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- bell
[bel]
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1.
n.[c]
钟
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We were woken every Sunday morning by the church bell.
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我们每个星期天被教堂的钟声叫醒。
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2.
n.[c]
门铃
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The bell was fitted beside the front door.
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门铃安装在前门旁边。
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3.
noun
钟声
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I always hear the bell.
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我一直听到钟声。
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She heard the distant toll of church bells.
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她听到了远处传来的教堂钟声。
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4.
n.[c]
[Navigation]
船钟
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5.
n.[c]
钟形
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Production rises, peaks and falls in a bell shaped curve.
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产量不断升高、到达顶峰,然后下降,呈钟形曲线。
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6.
n.[c]
[People]
梅尔维尔‧贝尔(1819-1905)语言学家
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7.
n.[c]
[People]
贝尔(1879-1961),英国画家
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8.
n.[c]
[People]
贝尔(1847-1922),美国籍发明家
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9.
n.[c]
锣
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Get them to play their bells, starting with the leftmost pupil.
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让他们去练习钟琴,从最左边的学生开始。
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10.
n.[c]
喇叭口
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He was dressed in a chequered jacket and bell bottomed trousers.
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他穿了一件方格夹克、喇叭裤。
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11.
vt.
使成钟的形状
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12.
vt.
系铃于
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The farmer was belling his animals.
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农民正在给他的牲畜绑上铃铛。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- bell
[bεl]
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1.
n
a hollow, usually metal, cup-shaped instrument that emits a musical ringing sound when struck, often by a clapper hanging inside it
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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
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3.
n
an electrical device that rings or buzzes as a signal
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4.
n
the bowl-shaped termination of the tube of certain musical wind instruments, such as the trumpet or oboe
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5.
n
any musical percussion instrument emitting a ringing tone, such as a glockenspiel, one of a set of hand bells, etc - Compare chime
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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
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7.
n
See diving bell
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8.
n
[Biology]
a structure resembling a bell in shape, such as the corolla of certain flowers or the body of a jellyfish
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9.
n
[Brit]
[Slang]
a telephone call (esp in the phrase give someone a bell)
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10.
vb
to be or cause to be shaped like a bell
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11.
vt.
[tr]
to attach a bell or bells to
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12.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English belle; related to Old Norse bjalla, Middle Low German bell; see bell2
- bell
[bεl]
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1.
n
a bellowing or baying cry, esp that of a hound or a male deer in rut
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2.
vb
to utter (such a cry)
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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
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Bell alias Jones
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贝尔又名琼斯
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He was watching television when the door bell rang.
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门铃响的时候,他正在看电视。
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I've been ringing your door bell for twenty minutes. Where were you?
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我一直在按你的门铃,都按了20分钟了,你去哪儿了?
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Be careful not to break that bell-jar.
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小心别把那个钟型罩给打碎了。
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Her name rings a bell but I can't remember where I read it before.
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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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