knell 详细解释

knell

[nel]

n.丧钟声, 某事物结束的徵兆
v.鸣丧钟, 发出哀鸣

n.[theS]

1. 钟声; 丧钟声

toll the knell

敲起丧钟

2. 破灭的信号, 凶兆

His decision sounds the death knell for all our hopes.

他的决定预报我们的希望将全部破灭。

vi.

1. 鸣丧钟

2. 预报凶兆; 发出哀伤之声

vt.

敲丧钟召集(或宣告); 发出丧钟般的声音召集(或宣告)

The surrender knelled the downfall of the tyrant.

投降宣告了暴君的垮台。

词形变化

动词过去式: knelled | 动词过去分词: knelled | 动词现在分词: knelling | 动词第三人称单数: knells |

英英释义

名词 knell:

the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something

动词 knell:

ring as in announcing death

make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification

同义词:ring

短语词组

death knell

1. 结束的信号

His failure sounds the death knell for all his hopes.

他的失败宣告了他所有希望的破灭。

补充

knellknell英:[nel] 美:[nɛl]n.1.丧钟声2.某事物结束的象征

例句

1. It was the death knell of all her hopes.那是她所有希望破灭的征兆。 2. Turning 40 sounds the death knell for an actress's career in Hollywood.进入40岁对好莱坞女演员而言, 表示职业生涯行将结束。 3. The bell is knelling.钟发出丧钟声。 4. The old cat whose child has just been dead is knelling all the time.那只刚刚失去孩子的老猫不停地发出悲哀的声音。 5. His failure knelled the bankruptcy of the company.他的失败宣告了公司的破产。 6. the decision will probably toll the knell for the facility.该决议可能会为这项服务敲响丧钟。 7. The mistake was the death knell for his campaign.这个失误是他竞选失败的预兆。 8. Many people thought that the Internet would sound/ring/toll the death knell for newspapers. [=cause the end of newspapers]许多人认为互联网敲响了报纸的丧钟。