| 单词 | bell magpie |
| 释义 | bell1 /bel/noun
To ring transitive verbTo furnish with a bell, esp in bell the cat (see below) transitive verb and intransitive verbTo (cause to) flare out in the shape of a bell ORIGIN: OE belle cognate with Du bel belled adjective Shaped like a bell bell beaker noun The distinctive wide-necked pottery vessel found (sometimes inverted) in the graves of Beaker Folk bellˈbind noun (dialect) Hedge or field bindweed bellˈbird noun
bellˈ-bottomed adjective (of trousers) widening greatly from knee to ankle bellˈ-bottoms plural noun bellˈboy noun A hotel porter or page bell buoy noun A buoy carrying a bell, rung by the movement of the waves bellˈcote noun (architecture) An ornamental structure made to contain one or two bells, and often crowned by a small spire bell crank noun A lever with two arms, usu at right angles, and a common fulcrum at their junction bell end noun
bellˈflower noun A campanula bellˈ-founder noun A person who casts bells bellˈ-foundry noun bellˈ-glass noun A bell jar bellˈhanger noun A person who hangs and repairs bells bellˈ-heather noun A variety of erica with bell-shaped flowers bellˈhop noun (chiefly N American) A bellboy bellˈ-housing noun A tapered outer casing of part of a vehicle's transmission bell jar noun A bell-shaped glass cover, in laboratories placed over apparatus to confine gases, etc, or used to protect ornaments or flower arrangements bell magpie noun (Aust) The currawong bellˈman noun
bellˈ-metal noun The metal of which bells are made, an alloy of copper and tin bell pull noun A cord or handle used in ringing a bell bellˈ-punch noun A ticket punch containing a bell bell push noun A button used in ringing an electric or spring bell bellˈringer noun
bellˈringing noun bellˈ-rope noun The rope by which a bell is rung bellˈ-shaped adjective bellˈ-siller /-silˈər/ noun (Walter Scott) A fee for bellringing at a funeral bell tent noun A bell-shaped tent bell tower noun A tower built to contain one or more bells, a campanile bellˈ-turret noun A turret containing a chamber for a bell, usu crowned with a spire bellˈwether noun
bellˈwort noun
bear or carry off (or away) the bell To have or gain the first place bell, book and candle A phrase popularly used in reference to a form of excommunication ending, ‘Do to (ie shut) the book, quench the candle, ring the bell’ bells and whistles (slang) Additional, largely decorative rather than functional features bells of Ireland An annual plant (Moluccella laevis) with white flowers and green bell-shaped calyxes, sometimes used in dried-flower arrangements bell the cat To undertake the leading part in any hazardous enterprise, from the fable of the mice who proposed to hang a warning bell round the cat's neck clear as a bell (of a sound) distinct and pure in tone give someone a bell (slang) To telephone someone ring a bell To begin to arouse a memory ring the bell To achieve a great success (from the bell of a shooting-gallery bull's-eye) ring the bells backward To reverse the order of chimes sound as a bell In perfect condition, health, etc |
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