| 单词 | ringing-in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasringing-in ringing-in n. the act of causing a bell to sound for the start of a church service. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church-going > [noun] > bell before service ringing-in1821 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 514 (note) The ringing-in bell to this [sc. a Sunday sermon on board ship] was also a picture worth preserving. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 176 At the conclusion of chiming for church, during which several bells are used, a single one is rung to announce that the service is about to commence, and this is called ringing-in. 1891 A. Gordon Folks o' Carglen ii. 41 The clang of this bell,..—the ringin'-in, as it is called—which warns me to..race with might and main to the door of the kirk. 1907 S. A. Stern tr. in B. Auerbach On the Heights iv. v. 390 The third bell, or the ringing in, which generally lasts a full quarter of an hour, had just begun, when Hansei and his wife reached the church. 1939 J. M. Caie 'Twixt Hills & Sea 63 The jowin' bell is near the ringin'-in. < as lemmas |
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