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

low bell

/ˈləʊ bɛl/

Now historical and rare

noun

1A small bell; especially one hung around the neck of a cow or sheep; a cowbell; a sheep bell.

2A bell used in trapping birds, usually at night. Now historical and rare.

The process of fowling with a ‘low-bell and hand-net’ is described at length in Dict. Rusticum et Urbanicum (1704). The birds are to be stupefied with terror by the noise of the bell and the sudden glare from lights contained in a tin-lined box; the net is then thrown over them..

Late 16th century; earliest use found in George Best (c1555–1584), explorer. Probably from low + bell.

单词	low bell
释义	low bell /ˈləʊ bɛl/ Now historical and rare noun 1A small bell; especially one hung around the neck of a cow or sheep; a cowbell; a sheep bell. 2A bell used in trapping birds, usually at night. Now historical and rare. The process of fowling with a ‘low-bell and hand-net’ is described at length in Dict. Rusticum et Urbanicum (1704). The birds are to be stupefied with terror by the noise of the bell and the sudden glare from lights contained in a tin-lined box; the net is then thrown over them.. Origin Late 16th century; earliest use found in George Best (c1555–1584), explorer. Probably from low + bell.
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