| 单词 | clappering |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈclappering ˈclappering n. (a) the fitting of a clapper to a bell; (b) the action of the verb (sense 1); (c) a noise like that made by the clapper of a bell. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > making or fitting instruments > [noun] > fitting bell stocking1450 clappering1526 quarter-turning1901 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] bell-ringOE ringingc1300 bell-ringingc1350 knoll1379 toll1452 tollinga1513 jowing1516 round ringinga1661 tintinnabulism1826 clocking1863 clappering1874 tintinnabulation1883 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] ringOE ringingc1300 ringlinga1398 trongling1398 tinging1495 cling1578 sing-sing1659 tang1669 dingle-dangle1694 chang1788 dingling1822 ding-a-ling1886 clappering1891 1526 in House & Robus Hist. Great Dunmow Parish Church (1926) 25 Item for claperynge of iij letell bells for ye canepe. 1874 E. Beckett Rudim. Treat. Clocks (ed. 6) 365 The lazy and pernicious practice of ‘clappering’, i.e. tying the bell-rope to the clapper, and pulling it instead of the bell. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Dec. 6/1 He chatters in imitation of the ‘clappering’ of a stork. 1904 C. L. Marson Folk Songs Somerset p. xi The clapperings of the steam-binder. < as lemmas |
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