a bell or a metal bar or tube, typically one of a set tuned to produce a melodious series of ringing sounds when struck
(尤指组成一套敲击乐器的)钟,铃;金属棒;金属管。
a sound made by such an instrument
钟声,铃声
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the chimes of Big Ben .大本钟的敲击声。
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编铃(作门铃用)。
【鸣钟术】 打铃,敲钟。
(of a bell or clock)make melodious ringing sounds, typically to indicate the time
(钟,铃,时钟)发出和谐响声(尤指报时)。
[with obj.](of a clock)make such sounds in order to indicate (the time)
(时钟)用和谐响声报(时)
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the clock chimed eight .钟敲响了八点。
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协调,一致
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his poem chimes with our modern experience of loss .他的诗与我们现代的失落感一致。
the projecting rim at the end of a cask
(桶端的)凸边。
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chime in interject a remark, typically in agreement (尤指表示同意)插话‘Yes, you do that,’ Doreen chimed in eagerly . “是的,由你来做,”多琳急切地插话说
"Middle English (in the senses ‘cymbal' and ‘ring out’): probably from Old English