The sound made by a bell when struck or rung, esp. the sound of a bell rung slowly and solemnly, as immediately after a death or at a funeral.
| 单词 | θ17571 |
| 释义 | the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > bell > knell, peal, or stroke (6) knellc961 The sound made by a bell when struck or rung, esp. the sound of a bell rung slowly and solemnly, as immediately after a death or at a funeral. soul-knell?a1300 The knell rung or tolled at or after the death of a person. Also in extended use. soul-knoll?c1500 The action of tolling the bell at a person's death; (in quot.) the sum paid for this. Cf. soul-knell, n., soul bell, n. death knell1773 the tolling of a bell to mark a person's death; (often figurative) a marker of the (imminent) end of a situation, system, etc. dumb peal1799 a muffled peal of bells. teller1868 spec. Each of the strokes rung on a church bell at the end of a knell marking the death of a person, the number of strokes being often… |
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