peal

Related topics: Colours & sounds, Nature

peal1 /piːl/ noun [countableC] → peel

1 CDNa sudden loud sound of laughter 轰然的笑声

peal of

We could hear peals of laughter coming from the hall.

我们听到门厅传来哈哈大笑声。

2 a loud sound of thunder 隆隆的雷声 SYN clap

peal of

A loud peal of thunder crashed directly overhead.

一声惊雷就在头顶上方炸响了。

3 CRRthe loud ringing sound made by a bell 响亮的钟声[铃声]

A sudden peal of bells broke the silence.

突然响起的铃声打破了寂静。

4. technical a musical pattern made by ringing a number of bells one after the other 钟乐

Examples from the Corpus

peal• The comment elicited a peal of laughter from her classmates.• It rose like a peal of music heard from a distance on a clear night.• This proclamation was like the first peal of a surcharged thunder-cloud, clearing the murky air.• She then literally jumped in her seat as a huge peal of thunder crashed directly overhead.• Both events sent black liberals and traditional civil rights groups into peals of yelping.• The names of the little towns round about Valence ring like peals of bells compelling you to go and look at them.• It seldom had to ring more than once, but every time he dreaded that the peal might have woken Nell.

peal of• We could hear peals of laughter coming from the hall.• the peal of church bells

peal of thunder• The overwhelming blackness, the cracking peals of thunder and the piercing flash and hiss of forked lightning.• Later in the afternoon the first peals of thunder rolled across the sky.• Another great peal of thunder, then more lightning.• She then literally jumped in her seat as a huge peal of thunder crashed directly overhead.

peal of bells• The names of the little towns round about Valence ring like peals of bells compelling you to go and look at them.

Related topics: Music, Colours & sounds

peal2 verb [intransitiveI]

1 (also peal out)APMC if bells peal, they ring loudly 〔钟或铃〕发出响亮的声音，鸣响

The bells pealed out on Christmas Day.

钟声响彻圣诞日。

2 literary to make a loud sound 大声作响

Lightning flashed and thunder pealed.

电闪雷鸣。

Examples from the Corpus

peal• At that very moment, the doorbell pealed.• At the stroke of midnight, the bells began to peal.• When it buzzed, the lightning flashed and the thunder pealed.• Julia was about to descend to the kitchen when the bell pealed again.• He could see us perk up on Sunday morning when the Lutheran organ pealed out at ten-thirty.• The bells of Saint Paul's pealed out on a sleepy Sunday morning.• But a great carillon pealing, pealing.• The Methodists had chosen to peal their agreeable chimes at sunrise.• The class bell pealed throughout the building.

Origin peal1

(1300-1400) appeal

peal1 nounpeal2 verb

Chinese

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