释义
noun the bell that announces a death.
Origin of death bell First recorded in 1730–40
Words nearby death bell death adder, death and taxes, certain as, death angel, death anxiety, deathbed, death bell , death benefit, Death, be not proud, deathblow, death camass, death camp
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Example sentences from the Web for death bell One day his beloved did not appear; and soon the death-bell tolled sorrowfully over the island.
Legends of the Rhine | Wilhelm Ruland
He had scarcely finished speaking when the slow, deep boom of the death-bell awoke the sluggish stillness of the heavy night.
Mark Hurdlestone | Susanna Moodie
Still the death-bell tolled so mournfully that the sunshine seemed to fade in the air.
Twice Told Tales | Nathaniel Hawthorne
As I stood on the shore, quietly thinking, I was startled by the sound of the death-bell, pealing along the sunny blue waters.
Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men | Anna Brownell Jameson
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