bell

英 [bel] 美[b?l]

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復(fù)數(shù):?bells;

bell 鐘

來(lái)自PIE *bhel-(3), 發(fā)聲，怒吼，擬聲詞。

bell: bell: [OE] The Old English word was belle. Apart from Dutch bel it has no relatives in the other main European languages (many of them use words related to English clock for ‘bell’: French cloche, for instance, and German glocke). It has been speculated that it may be connected with the verb bell, used of the baying call made by a hound or stag, which itself is perhaps related to bellow, a descendant of a hypothetical Old English *belgan. The ultimate source may possibly be the same as for bellows.
=> bellow
bell (n.): Old English belle, common North Sea Germanic (cognates: Middle Dutch belle, Middle Low German belle) but not found elsewhere in Germanic (except as a borrowing), from PIE root *bhel- (4) "to sound, roar." Statistical bell curve was coined 1870s in French. Of glasses in the shape of a bell from 1640s. Bell pepper is from 1707, so called for its shape. Bell, book, and candle is a reference to a form of excommunication. To ring a bell "awaken a memory" (1934) is perhaps a reference to Pavlovian experiments.
bell (v.): "attach a bell to," late 14c., from bell (n.). Related: Belled; belling. Allusions to the story of the mice that bell the cat (so they can hear him coming) date to 1520s.

1. They skip rope and play catch, waiting for the bell.: 他們又是跳繩，又是玩接球，等著上課鈴聲響起。

2. The door was opened before she could ring the bell.: 她還沒(méi)來(lái)得及按門鈴，門就開(kāi)了。

3. He bounded up the steps and pushed the bell of the door.: 他跳著上了臺(tái)階，按下了門鈴。

4. An old-fashioned bell tinkled as he pushed open the door.: 當(dāng)他推開(kāi)門時(shí)，一口舊式的鐘丁零零地響了起來(lái)。

5. When the bell rings, more than 1,000 children spill from classrooms.: 當(dāng)鈴聲響起時(shí)，1,000多名孩子從教室里涌了出來(lái)。