单词 | knell |
释义 | knell/nɛl /literary noun [in singular] 1The sound of a bell, especially when rung solemnly for a death or funeral.I was sure anyone within five miles would have heard it the way they hear a church bell's knell or a train's whistle....
Synonyms toll, tolling, ringing, chime, clang, dong, peal, stroke, resounding, reverberation, clangour, boom; death knell archaic knoll, tocsin 1.1Used in reference to an announcement, event, or sound that warns of the end of something: emails and text messages are sounding the knell for the written word...
Synonyms end, beginning of the end, presage of the end, death knell; death sentence, death warrant; omen, evil omen, ill omen, portent, warning verb [no object] 1(Of a bell) ring solemnly, especially for a death or funeral. 1.1 [with object] Proclaim (something) by or as if by a knell.I could almost hear the two-tone foghorns knelling my demise. OriginOld English cnyll (noun), cnyllan (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch knal (noun), knallen (verb) 'bang, pop, crack'. The current spelling (dating from the 16th century) is perhaps influenced by bell1. Rhymes |
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