英语词汇“knell”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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....

The very word is like a knell, signalling the approach of death.
As the knell died away, a black flag slowly rose up the mast and stopped half-way.

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...

If you fear this may be just one more story to sound a warning knell about the IT skills shortage - not to worry.
The huntsman's horn sounded the final knell when the last traditional hunt by the Tedworth came to en end.

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.

Origin

Old 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.

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.... The very word is like a knell, signalling the approach of death. As the knell died away, a black flag slowly rose up the mast and stopped half-way. 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... If you fear this may be just one more story to sound a warning knell about the IT skills shortage - not to worry. The huntsman's horn sounded the final knell when the last traditional hunt by the Tedworth came to en end. 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. Origin Old 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 Adele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, bell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, carousel, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, clientele, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, dell, demoiselle, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gazelle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, lapel, mademoiselle, maître d'hôtel, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, sell, shell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, swell, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell
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