名複: chimes
chime


KK:[tʃaɪm] DJ:[tʃaim]
chime1
KK: [tʃaɪm] DJ: [tʃaim]
n.
- (有音階的)樂鐘,音樂門鈴[P]
- (時鐘的)報時裝置;(排鐘等的)敲鐘裝置[C]
- 管鐘,排鐘[P]
- (有音階的)鐘聲,鐘樂[P]
- 和諧,一致
vi.
- (鐘)鳴,鳴響
- 和諧,一致[(+with)]
vt.
- 和諧悅耳地奏出(音樂等)
- 用鐘聲報(時)
- 敲鐘召集(或驅趕)
片語
chime in
- 符合;一致
- 插話
chime (in) with
- 與……協調;與……一致
辨析
chime2
KK: [tʃaɪm] DJ: [tʃaim]
n.
- (木桶兩端的)凸邊[C]
以上來源於:《英漢大辭典》
chime1
n.
- a bell or a metal bar or tube tuned and used in a set to produce melodious ringing sounds when struck. ▸a sound made by such an instrument.
- Bell-ringing a stroke of the clapper against one or both sides of a scarcely moving bell.
v.
- (of a bell or clock) make chimes.
- (chime with) Brit. be in agreement with.
- (chime in) interject a remark.
Derivative
- chimer n.
Etymology
ME (in the senses ‘cymbal’ and ‘ring out’): prob. from OE cimbal (see cymbal), later interpreted as chime bell.
chime2
n.
the projecting rim at the end of a cask.Etymology
ME: prob. from an OE word rel. to Du. kim and Ger. Kimme; cf. chine3.
以上來源於:《簡明牛津英語詞典》