bell

Từ điển Collocation

bell noun

1 hollow metal object that rings

ADJ. church, temple | wedding (often figurative) The two of them went everywhere together and their friends could already hear wedding bells (= were sure they would get married). | cow | distant

VERB + BELL ring | hear

BELL + VERB chime, clang, jangle, peal, ring (out), sound, tinkle, toll The bells on the harness tinkled softly. The church bells tolled for Evensong.

BELL + NOUN tower | pull, rope

PHRASES a chime of bells the faint chime of bells | a peal of bells She heard a peal of church bells. | a sound of bells The sound of bells echoed across the valley.

2 other object that rings

ADJ. bicycle, door (also doorbell) | dinner, school | electric | alarm, warning (often figurative) Alarm bells were ringing inside Stuart's head.

VERB + BELL press, ring, sound | answer She hurried to answer the doorbell.

BELL + VERB go, ring, sound The school bell goes at three every afternoon.

BELL + NOUN push

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
  • a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed; doorbell, buzzer
  • the sound of a bell being struck; toll

    saved by the bell

    she heard the distant toll of church bells

  • (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.; ship's bell
  • the shape of a bell; bell shape, campana
  • a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905); Bell, Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell
  • English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961); Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen
  • United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922); Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell
  • a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument; chime, gong
  • the flared opening of a tubular device

    v.

  • attach a bell to

    bell cows

English Slang Dictionary

to telephone (someone)"I'll bell you tonight with the news"

Bloomberg Financial Glossary

Signal on a stock exchange to indicate the open and close of trading.

Investopedia Financial Terms

Bell
The ring that marks the open and close of each trading day on many organized financial exchanges, most notably the NYSE.
Investopedia Says:
The bell usually starts ringing when there are five to ten seconds left in the trading day.

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

bells
syn.: Alexander Bell Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Melville Bell Bell Melville Bell Vanessa Bell Vanessa Stephen bell shape buzzer campana chime doorbell gong ship's bell toll