chime

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /tʃaɪm/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
    — Hugo had a recording of someone playing the chimes against a background of surf noise that she found calming.
  2. Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”). alt-of,alternative
    — Let the chimes meet so that the chime of one cask shall not work into the head of the next.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. The sound of such an instrument or device.
    — The copier gave a chime to indicate that it had finished printing.
  6. 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.
动词 v.
  1. To make the sound of a chime. intransitive
    — The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.
  2. To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony. transitive
    — And chime their sounding hammers.
  3. To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically. transitive
    — Chime his childish verse.
  4. To agree; to correspond. intransitive
    — The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.
  5. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
    — It shall not keep one settled pace of time, In the same tune it shall not always chime

词形变化

chimes plural chimes present,singular,third-person chiming participle,present chimed participle,past chimed past chimes plural

词汇关系

近义词
alarm bell buzz buzzer carillon clapper curfew ding-dong dinger glockenspiel gong peal ringer siren tintinnabulum tocsin toll vesper
衍生词
achime chimeless chimelike chimer chimesmaster chime whistle chimist clock chime spoon chime wind chime windchime chime in chime up rechime

词源

From Middle English chymbe, chyme, probably from Old Northern French chimbe (“cymbal”), a back-formation from chimble, cimble, from Latin cymbalum; perhaps reinforced by a misinterpretation of a Middle English *chymbele (from Old English ċimbala, ċimbal (“cymbal”)) as chymbe belle.
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