• n. 喪鐘聲；兇兆；哀傷的聲音
• vi. 鳴喪鐘；預報兇兆；發(fā)出哀傷之聲
• vt. 敲喪鐘召集

來自古英語cnyll,緩慢而沉重的鐘聲，擬聲詞。引申詞義喪鐘聲。拼寫可能受bell影響。

knell (n.)

Old English cnyll "sound made by a bell when struck or rung slowly," perhaps of imitative origin. The Welsh cnull "death-bell" appears to be a borrowing from English. For vowel evolution, see bury.

knell (v.)

Old English cnyllan "to toll a bell; strike, knock," cognate with Middle High German erknellen "to resound," Old Norse knylla "to beat, thrash;" probably imitative. Related: Knelled; knelling.

1. The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business.

稅賦的增加為這個企業(yè)敲響了喪鐘。

來自柯林斯例句

2. It's going to be the death knell of the red deer.

這將導致馬鹿的滅絕。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The arrival of large supermarkets sounded the death knell of many small local shops.

大型超市的出現(xiàn)宣告了許多地方小商店的終結(jié).

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. That is the death knell of the British Empire.

這是不列顛帝國的喪鐘.

來自辭典例句

5. At first he thought it was a death knell.

起初,他以為是死亡的喪鐘敲響了.

來自辭典例句