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单词 chined
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
chime1 /tʃaɪm/USA pronunciation   n., v., chimed, chim•ing. 
n. 
  1. Music and DanceOften, chimes. [plural]
    • a set of bells producing musical tones when struck.
    • Music and Dancea musical instrument consisting of such a set, esp. a glockenspiel.
    • the musical tone thus produced:the soft chimes of the grandfather clock.

v. 
  1. Music and Dance[no object] to sound harmoniously or in chimes, such as a set of bells: The church bells chimed at noon.
  2. Music and Dance[no object] to produce a musical sound by striking a bell, etc.;
    ring chimes: The doorbell chimed.
  3. Music and Dance[+ object] to indicate, announce, etc., by chiming: Bells chimed the hour.
  4. chime in,
    • to enter a conversation, esp. to interrupt: [no object]I was all set to chime in when the boss began to speak.[used with quotations]They chimed in, "Let's try it.''
    • [+ in + with + object] to be compatible;
      agree:This chimes in with what he said before about foreign students.
    • [+ in + with + object] to say or speak by chiming in:He chimed in with a warning about higher costs.
chim•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
chime1  (chīm),USA pronunciation n., v., chimed, chim•ing. 
n. 
  1. an apparatus for striking a bell so as to produce a musical sound, as one at the front door of a house by which visitors announce their presence.
  2. Often, chimes. 
    • a set of bells or of slabs of metal, stone, wood, etc., producing musical tones when struck.
    • Music and Dancea musical instrument consisting of such a set, esp. a glockenspiel.
    • the musical tones thus produced.
    • carillon.
  3. harmonious sound in general;
    music;
    melody.
  4. harmonious relation;
    accord:the battling duo, in chime at last.

v.i. 
  1. to sound harmoniously or in chimes, as a set of bells:The church bells chimed at noon.
  2. to produce a musical sound by striking a bell, gong, etc.;
    ring chimes:The doorbell chimed.
  3. to speak in cadence or singsong.
  4. to harmonize;
    agree:The scenery chimed perfectly with the play's eerie mood.

v.t. 
  1. to give forth (music, sound, etc.), as a bell or bells.
  2. to strike (a bell, set of bells, etc.) so as to produce musical sound.
  3. to put, bring, indicate, announce, etc., by chiming:Bells chimed the hour.
  4. to utter or repeat in cadence or singsong:The class chimed a greeting to the new teacher.
  5. chime in:
    • to break suddenly and unwelcomely into a conversation, as to express agreement or voice an opinion.
    • to harmonize with, as in singing.
    • to be consistent or compatible;
      agree:The new building will not chime in with the surrounding architecture.
  • Middle English chymbe belle, by false analysis of *chimbel, Old English cimbal cymbal 1250–1300
chimer, n. 

chime2  (chīm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the edge or brim of a cask, barrel, or the like, formed by the ends of the staves projecting beyond the head or bottom.
Also, chimb, chine. 
  • 1350–1400; Middle English chimb(e); compare Old English cimbing chime; cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch kimme edge

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
chine1  (chīn),USA pronunciation n. [Brit. Dial.]
  1. British Termsa ravine formed in rock by the action of running water.
  • bef. 900; Middle English; Old English cinu crevice, fissure; cognate with Middle Dutch kene; compare Old English cīnan to gape, crack open

chine2  (chīn),USA pronunciation n., v., chined, chin•ing. 
n. 
  1. Zoologythe backbone or spine, esp. of an animal.
  2. the whole or a piece of the backbone of an animal with adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
  3. Geologya ridge or crest, as of land.
  4. [Naut.]
    • an angular intersection of the sides and bottom of a vessel.
    • a longitudinal member running behind this.

v.t. 
  1. Food(in butchering) to sever the backbone of.
  • Gmc. See shin
  • Old French eschine
  • Middle English eschine 1250–1300

chine3  (chīn),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. chime2.

chi•né  (shē nā),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Textilesnoting or pertaining to a fabric having a variegated pattern produced by warp threads that have been dyed, printed, or painted before weaving.
  • French, past participle of chiner, verb, verbal derivative of Chine China
  • 1850–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
chime /tʃaɪm/ n
  1. an individual bell or the sound it makes when struck
  2. (often plural) the machinery employed to sound a bell in this way

  3. Also called: bell a percussion instrument consisting of a set of vertical metal tubes of graduated length, suspended in a frame and struck with a hammer
  4. agreement; concord
vb
  1. to sound (a bell) or (of a bell) to be sounded by a clapper or hammer
  2. to produce (music or sounds) by chiming
  3. (transitive) to indicate or show (time or the hours) by chiming
  4. (intransitive) followed by with: to agree or harmonize
Etymology: 13th Century: probably shortened from earlier chymbe bell, ultimately from Latin cymbalum cymbal

ˈchimer n
chime, chimb /tʃaɪm/chine /tʃaɪn/ n
  1. the projecting edge or rim of a cask or barrel
Etymology: Old English cimb-; related to Middle Low German kimme outer edge, Swedish kimb
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
chine /tʃaɪn/ n
  1. the backbone
  2. the backbone of an animal with adjoining meat, cut for cooking
  3. a ridge or crest of land
vb
  1. (transitive) to cut (meat) along or across the backbone
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French eschine, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German scina needle, shinbone; see shin1
chine /tʃaɪn/ n
  1. Southern English dialect a deep fissure in the wall of a cliff
Etymology: Old English cīnan to crack
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