knell

英 [nel]

美 [nel]

n.  丧钟；丧钟声；凶兆；哀伤的声音
v.  鸣丧钟；预报凶兆；发出哀伤之声; 敲丧钟召集

过去分词：knelled　复数：knells　现在分词：knelling　过去式：knelled　第三人称单数：knells　

TOEFL

BNC.23222 / COCA.24362

英英释义

noun

• the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something

verb

• make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
  1. Ring the bells
  2. My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church
  Synonym:ring
• ring as in announcing death

双语例句

• Industry executives are quick to deny that a death knell has sounded over the industry.
  业内高管对丧钟已响彻整个行业的说法迅速予以否定。
• That ring the dead seaman's knell.
  敲响了水手死亡的钟声。
• We all mourned at the death knell of Tom.
  我们听到汤姆的丧钟的时候都很悲伤。
• A deep sound strikes like a rising knell.
  一个沉闷的声音就像正在敲响的丧钟一样传来。
• Some workers saw the machines as a death knell for traditional skills.
  有些人视机器为传统技能的丧钟。
• His failure sound the death knell for all his hopes.
  他的失败宣告了他所有希望的破灭。
• A knell to mine ear;
  一声声有如丧钟；
• His manner was so casual when he was sounding the death knell of tara.
  他谈到塔拉这个要命的消息时，态度还是那么随便。
• Joe McKendrick has a couple of interesting articles recently that look at whether or not we are seeing the death knell for "big enterprisey"( subjective) SOA.
  最近，JoeMcKendrick发表了一系列有趣的文章探讨我们是否看到“大企业级（bigenterprisey）”SOA的丧钟。
• Never did funeral knell, never did alarm-bell, produce a greater effect on the hearer.
  这一个声音在听者耳中所产生的效力，简直比丧钟或警钟更为厉害。