Any loud or prolonged ringing of a bell or set of bells. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > music on specific instrument > [noun] > on bells (7) peal1513 Any loud or prolonged ringing of a bell or set of bells. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. chime1530 The series of musical sounds, or tune, played on such sets of bells when struck in succession. rounda1661 An act of ringing each bell of a set or peal in sequence; (now) spec. a sequence in which bells are rung moving down the scale in order… round peala1663 an act of ringing each bell of a set or peal in sequence (cf. round, n.1 21); (also occasionally more generally) a prolonged, repeated sounding of… grand-bob1747 = Plain Bob n. at plain, adj.2 compounds 3; cf. grandsire, n. 5. carillon1806 An air or melody played on the bells. Cambridge chimes1850 the composition of Joseph Jowett and William Crotch, first employed in 1793 at the Church of St. Mary the Great, Cambridge. |
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