单词 | noon-bell |
释义 | > as lemmasnoon-bell noon-bell n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > signal marking the time > [noun] > bell, gun, etc. > bell rung at specific time noon-bellOE OE tr. Theodulf of Orleans Capitula (Corpus Cambr.) xxxix. 389 Monegra monna gewuna is, þonne hig fæstan sceolan, þæt sona swa hig þa nonbellan gehyrað, hig to mete foð. c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 2250 (MED) So stod Beues in þat þring Til noun belle be-gan to ring. 1801 W. Sotheby Julian & Agnes II. i. 19 The noon-bell strikes. Come; holy duties claim unworldly thoughts. 1989 M. Miller Coll. Poems 133 Neither your lips moving..Nor the nigh noon bell..can tell your years. < as lemmas |
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