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death bell

/ˈdeθ bel/

翻译: 指为宣告某人去世而鸣响的丧钟;也比喻某事物注定失败或即将终结的征兆。

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/ˈdeθ bel/C1formal已废弃
  • zh指为宣告某人去世而鸣响的丧钟;也比喻某事物注定失败或即将终结的征兆。

An old-fashioned expression referring to a bell rung to announce someone's death, or figuratively, a sign or omen that something is doomed or coming to an end.

  1. Omen of deathC1formal

    A sign or event that is believed to foretell someone's death.

    zh死亡的预兆

    • The old legend says that hearing a death bell at midnight is a bad omen.
    • In some cultures, a sudden silence in nature is considered a death bell.
    • The strange sound was interpreted as a death bell by the superstitious villagers.
  2. End of somethingC1informal

    A signal or event that marks the end or failure of something.

    zh终结的钟声

    • The company's bankruptcy was the death bell for the entire project.
    • The scandal sounded the death bell for his political career.
    • The new technology tolled the death bell for the old manufacturing process.
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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