single word requests - What do you call the sound of a bell?
2011年9月11日 · The sound of a hand held brass bell, to me, is "ding-a-ling." "Tinkle" would apply at best to a very small bell (and at worst is slang for urinate as I commented above), and "brrring" would apply to the repeated hammering on a bell such as one used to hear telephones or school bells make. "Bling" is slang for gaudy jewellery!
etymology - What is the origin of "rings a bell"? - English …
2012年3月14日 · 9. According to Etymonline: To ring a bell "awaken a memory" (1934) is perhaps a reference to Pavlovian experiments. Here's an excerpt from that last linked page: Pavlov became interested in studying reflexes when he saw …
single word requests - Interjection for the sound of a bell - English ...
bell – the sound that a bell makes when it rings bong – a long deep sound that a bell makes chime – a ringing sound made by a bell, or by a clock with a bell inside it ding – the short sound that a bell makes ding-dong – the sound that a bell makes jingle – the sound that small metal objects make when they hit each other
idioms - For whom the bell tolls - origin of "ask not" instead of ...
2016年6月15日 · HAGSTRUM: I was rather amused to read that after Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls came out with its quotation from John Donne's Devotions people came to the libraries and wanted the complete works of John Donne. Here was one book which influenced another much in the same manner as a movie will influence the sale of the book.
meaning - What is ‘a bell-covered hat’? - English Language
2. The text says it is a bell-covered hat, but does not mention that it is in the shape of a jester, or has horns to it, so I would take that it meant. a strange hat, which is encrusted with bells. Which would suit his orange bow tie. Share.
Use of hardly...when - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2017年2月6日 · Generally you would not start a sentence with "hardly". This sentence is more correct: "The bell had hardly rung when Matthew started running out of his classroom" although an alternatively would be: "The bell had hardly started ringing when Matthew started running..." Your option [3] is valid, but does not flow as well in English as the above ...
single word requests - Is there a term for the sound of a bicycle …
JINGLE BELL PUKY G22 9913-22 MM. Another word as correctly suggested in the comment below (@PLL) and in the definition above is tinkle. to give forth or make a succession of short, light, ringing sounds, as a small bell. 63mm x 43mm x 54mm Black Bike Bicycle TINKLE BELL
meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2011年10月26日 · Each preacher has a time limit (five minutes to ten minutes time limits are common.) If the preacher goes over the proscribed time limit, the moderator rings a cowbell, which is the preacher's signal to wrap it up. This bell gives the service its name. Thus, when one sees members of the congregation posting "More cowbell!"
etymology - What caused bell peppers to be called capsicums in …
2016年8月24日 · 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 241 Bell Pepper. The fruit is large..somewhat shaped like a bell.. . . ("pepper, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2016. Web. 24 August 2016. Sense 3.) Capsicum, on the other hand, is first attested as a botanical term for the plant in 1664, and as a term for the plant's fruit in 1725. ("capsicum, n."
adjectives - Is "calling" a gerund in "calling bell"? - English ...
2020年12月1日 · 2. calling-bell. It all boils down to whether "calling bell" means a static door bell or a bell that is actively calling in order to seek attention. In the static door bell reading it's a compound noun, hyphenated, consisting of a gerund-participle verb + noun, with a purposive meaning: "bell for calling". It's pronounced with the main stress ...