Knell

(noun.) the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something.

(verb.) ring as in announcing death.

菲力克斯校对

• These words fell like the knell of doom-- All those top-knots must be cut off. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• A knell from the church bell broke harshly on these youthful thoughts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• It was another form of knell, with mockery added to the warning. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• And, 'I wish I could stop the Lightwood peal, for it sounds like a knell. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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