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    knell

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++knell /nel/ noun [countable]  literarySOUND the sound of a bell being rung slowly because someone has died 丧钟 → death knellOrigin knell Old English cnyll
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    knell
    knell /nel/ noun [countable]
     Language: Old English
     Origin: cnyll
    literary the sound of a bell being rung slowly because someone has died
    ⇨ death knell


    knellBrE /nel/ 🔊NAmE /nel/ 🔊 noun [singular] = death knell