| 单词 | a ring at the door |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa ring at (also on) the door a. An act of ringing a bell; a pull at or press on a bell, esp. a doorbell (frequently in a ring at (also on) the door); the sound produced when a bell is rung. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > [noun] pealc1390 ring1699 teller1868 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > act of ringing ringingc1300 ring1699 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) Give it a ring, Sonnez la cloche. 1760 G. Baretti Dict. Eng. & Ital. Lang. II. (at cited word) To give the bell a ring, sonar il campanello. 1785 C. L. Lewes Lect. on Heads by G. A. Stevens iii. 48 A ring at the door called her down stairs to receive a letter from the post-boy. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. ix. 97 She was startled by a ring at the door, the certain signal of a visitor. View more context for this quotation 1836 F. Marryat Japhet II. ix. 77 A ring at the bell called Timothy down stairs. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 227 In reply to my ring, [I] was admitted by the actor himself. 1921 ‘G. Cumberland’ Poisoner 281 Stavart should have faith in the specialist whose ring of the front-door bell might sound at any moment. 1952 D. Friend Diary 17 Sept. (2004) III. 156 Last night, as I was..beginning to think it was time either to go to bed or catch a bus to the West End to the Mandrake Club, there was a ring on the door. 1978 S. Gray Molly i, in Rear Column, Dog Days, & Other Plays (1979) 84 There is a ring at the door-bell, left. 2003 F. VanLandingham Back on Nowhere Road 30 The teacher would ring it by pulling a rope that hung down from the ceiling. Anyone who wanted to get into big trouble could sneak up and give it a ring when he wasn't looking. < as lemmas |
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