peal of• We could hear peals of laughter coming from the hall.• the peal ofchurch bells
peal of thunder• The overwhelming blackness, the crackingpeals of thunder and the piercingflash and hiss of forkedlightning.• Later in the afternoon the first peals of thunderrolled across the sky.• Another greatpeal 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.
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。
2literary 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 doorbellpealed.• 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 organpealed out at ten-thirty.• The bells of Saint Paul's pealed out on a sleepy Sunday morning.• But a great carillonpealing, pealing.• The Methodists had chosen to peal their agreeablechimes at sunrise.• The class bell pealed throughout the building.