Big Ben

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  1. The hour bell in the Elizabeth Tower (formerly known as the Clock Tower), adjacent to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, United Kingdom.
  2. The clock tower itself. metonymically
    — He pulled up his sleeve and there on his scrawny arm hung a Rolex the size of Big Ben.

词源

Disputed, possibly after Sir Benjamin Hall, who oversaw the installation of the Great Bell, or after English boxer Ben Caunt.
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