chime
n. 钟声, 钟, 和谐 vi. 鸣, 奏出谐和的乐声, 和谐 vt. 敲出和谐的声音, 打钟报时, 重复说
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教材释义与例句
鸣响；和谐
打钟报时；敲出和谐的声音
释义与例句
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1.
A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
音乐Hugo had a recording of someone playing the chimes against a background of surf noise that she found calming.
Sylvia was a chime player in the school orchestra.
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2.
An individual ringing component of such a set.
Peter removed the C♯ chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath.
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3.
A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
The professor had stuffed a wad of gum into the chime of his doorbell so that he wouldn't be bothered.
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4.
The sound of such an instrument or device.
The copier gave a chime to indicate that it had finished printing.
Chimes sing Sunday morn.
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5.
A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
Strike the bell with the brass chime hanging on the chain next to it.
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Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”).
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To make the sound of a chime.
不及物The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.
I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon.
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To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
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To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
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To agree; to correspond.
不及物The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.
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5.
To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
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词源
From Middle English chime, chim, chimbe, chymbe, a shortening of chimbelle (misinterpreted as chymme-belle, chimbe-belle), from Old English ċimbala, ċimbal (“cymbal”), from Latin cymbalum.
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