3give somebody a bellTCTBritish EnglishBrE spoken to telephone someone 给某人打电话
I must give Vicky a bell later.
我过一会儿必须给维基打个电话。
Examples from the Corpus
give somebody a bell• As this playercounts aloud from one to ten, the other children are given a bell.• If not, maybe you could give Diana Russell a bell?• Just give me a bell as to when and where you want him.• Write to me at the address just inside the back cover or give me a bell on.
nCOLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a hollow metal object like a cup with a piece of metal hanging inside it, that makes a ringing noise when it moves or you shake it
verbs
a bell rings
I could hear the church bells ringing in the distance.
ring a bell
He was ringing a big brass bell.
a bell rings out (=it rings loudly)
The bells rang out to celebrate the end of the war.
a bell sounds
Somewhere across the valley a bell sounded.
a bell chimes (=it rings a certain number of times, in order to tell you the time of day)
The bells began to chime, calling people to church.
a bell tolls (=it slowly rings with a long low sound, when someone has died)
The church bell was tolling mournfully as the carriage entered the cemetery gate.
a bell tinkles (=a small bell rings with a gentle high sound)
We were sleeping under the stars, camel bells tinkling in a cool breeze.
NOUN + bell
a church bell
She woke on Sunday morning to the sound of church bells.
wedding bells (=rung when people marry in a church)
Mark and Bridget seem very happy and we expect to hear wedding bells soon.
phrases
a peal of bells (=the sound of bells being rung several times)
ring/press the bell• With her heart in her mouth she entered the imposingportals of Mon Ré, and rang the bell.• I went right up the front walk, mounted the porchsteps and rang the bell, then rang it again.• The excitement of Cynthia's revelation had been too much for her and Cynthia now anxiously rang the bell for the nurse.• I rang the bell again, heard steps, and then the door was opened by Mrs Ahronson!• I rang the bell and heard steps on a hardwoodfloor.• You couldn't ring the bell or they would go mad.• The wholeplasticnotion of a popstar begins to ring the bells of truth.
1hollow metal object that rings鈴;鐘ADJECTIVE | VERB + BELL | BELL + VERB | BELL + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤church, temple教堂的鐘;寺廟的鐘▸➤wedding (oftenfigurative) 婚禮的鐘聲◇Their friends could already hear wedding bells (= were sure they would get married).朋友們已經能夠聽到他們婚禮的鐘聲了。➤cow (usually cowbell)牛頸鈴➤sleigh雪橇鈴鐺▸➤distant遠處的鐘聲➤brass, silver銅鈴;銀鈴VERB + BELL➤ring敲鐘▸➤hear聽到鐘聲BELL + VERB➤chime, clang, jangle, jingle, peal, ring, ring out, sound, tinkle, toll鐘聲敲響;鐘聲叮噹;鐘聲刺耳地鳴響;鐘聲噹噹作響;鐘聲響亮;鈴聲響起;鐘聲叮噹作響;鐘聲緩慢敲響◇The bells on the harness tinkled softly.軛具上的鈴鐺發出柔和的叮噹聲。◇The church bells tolled for the funeral.教堂響起緩慢低沉的喪鐘。BELL + NOUN➤tower鐘樓▸➤pull, rope拉鈴索➤ringer, ringing (usually bell-ringer, etc.)敲鐘人;搖鈴PHRASES➤a chime of bells一陣鐘聲◇the faint chime of bells邈遠的鐘聲➤a peal of bells響亮的鐘聲◇She heard a peal of church bells.她聽到了教堂響亮的鐘聲。➤a sound of bells鐘聲◇The sound of bells echoed across the valley.鐘聲在山谷迴盪。bell
noun²
2other object that rings其他鳴響物ADJECTIVE | VERB + BELL | BELL + VERB | BELL + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤bicycle, door (usually doorbell)自行車鈴;門鈴▸➤dinner, lunch, school就餐鈴;午餐鈴;學校鈴➤second-period, third-period, etc. (NAmE) 第二節課鈴、第三節課鈴等▸➤electric電鈴▸➤alarm, warning (both oftenfigurative) 警鈴;警鐘◇Alarm bells were ringing inside Stuart's head.警鐘在斯圖爾特的腦子裏響起。➤closing, opening結束鈴;開始鈴➤final終場鈴➤dismissal (NAmE) 解散鈴➤late, tardy (= to indicate that classes are about to start) (both NAmE) 上課預備鈴➤loud, shrill響亮的/刺耳的鈴聲VERB + BELL➤press, ring, sound按鈴;敲鐘;鳴鐘▸➤answer應鈴◇She hurried to answer the doorbell.她急忙去應門鈴。BELL + VERB➤go, ring, sound鈴響;鐘鳴◇The school bell goes at three every afternoon.學校的鐘聲每天下午 3 點響起。➤signal sth鈴聲表示⋯➤interrupt sb/sth鈴聲打斷⋯BELL + NOUN➤pull, push (BrE) 拉鈴索(手柄);電鈴按鈕PHRASES➤saved by the bell得以幸免◇Saved by the bell! I thought I'd have to sit here listening to you two argue forever.謝天謝地!我原以為我得坐在這裏聽你倆沒完沒了地吵下去。➤bells and whistles華麗的點綴◇The laptop has all the latest bells and whistles (= attractive extra features).所有最炫的功能這款筆記本電腦都有。