tintinnabulum

n. 铃, 响器, 铃声

发音

/ˌtɪntɪˈnæbjʊləm/

词形变化

tintinnabula 复数 tintinnabula

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small clinking bell, particularly (historical) a small bell used to call monks to certain tasks.

    ...it is worth while to enumerate the different kinds of bells named by Hieronymus Magius in his work De Tintinnabulis:—1. Tintinnabulum, a little bell, otherwise called tinniolum, for refectory or dormitory, according to Belethus, but Durandus names squilla for the refectory...

  2. 2.

    A set of bells or metal plates used as a musical instrument or as a toy.

词源

From Latin tintinnābulum (“a small monastic bell”).

来源：wiktionary