tintinnabulum

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

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

词形变化

tintinnabula plural

词汇关系

近义词
tinniolum
相关词
tintinnabulation chime

词源

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