chime

• vi. 鸣响；和谐
• vt. 打钟报时；敲出和谐的声音
• n. 钟声；一套发谐音的钟；和谐
• n. (Chime)人名；(日)千绵(姓)

来自拉丁词cymbalum,词源同cymbal.

1. a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer

chime

chime: [13] Etymologically, chime is the same word as cymbal – indeed it originally meant ‘cymbal’ in English – but the route by which it reached English is not altogether clear. Latin cymbalum was borrowed into Old French as chimbe, which is perhaps the most likely source of the English word, whose earliest forms include chimbe. However, Old English also acquired the Latin word, as cimbal, and it has been speculated that this may have survived into the Middle English period as *chimbel, whose last syllable was misinterpreted as bell.

This would have opened the way to a misanalysis of the word as chime bell, a term which does actually occur from the 13th to the 15th centuries. This theory has the advantage of explaining the transference of the word’s meaning from ‘cymbals’ to ‘bells’, which occurred between the 14th and 15th centuries.
=> cymbal

chime (v.)

mid-14c., chyme, from chime (n.). Originally of metal, etc.; of voices from late 14c. To chime in originally was musical, "join harmoniously;" of conversation by 1838. Related: Chimed; chiming.

chime (n.)

c. 1300, chymbe "cymbal," from Old English cymbal, cimbal, also perhaps through Old French chimbe or directly from Latin cymbalum (see cymbal, the modern word for what this word originally meant). Evidently the word was misinterpreted as chymbe bellen (c. 1300) and its sense shifted to "chime bells," a meaning attested from mid-15c.

As a bonus, professors can even chime in (插话 ) on discussions.

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I heard the clock chime.

我听见钟响报时。

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Eight o'clock had already chimed.

已敲过八点钟了。

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The clock chimed midday.

时钟响过正午十二点。

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He kept chiming in with his own opinions.

他不断插话发表自己的意见。

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‘And me! ’ she chimed in.

“还有我！”她插嘴道。

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His opinions chimed in with the mood of the nation.

他的主张与国民的心态相吻合。

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door chimes

门铃声

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He heard the front doorbell chime.

他听到前门门铃在响。

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...as the Guildhall clock chimed three o'clock.

市政厅的大钟敲响3点的时候

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At that moment a chime sounded from the front of the house...

就在那时，房前传来一声铃。

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The ceremony started as the chimes of midnight struck.

子夜钟声响起的时候，仪式开始了。

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...the haunting sound of the wind chimes.

萦绕心头的风铃声

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If you cross a lane marker without signaling , you get a warning sound chime.

如果你在没有打信号的情况下越过车道标志，你会听到一声警告音.

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Is big chime is discussed a concept?

大额和协议是不是一个概念?

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The alarm can even be set to chime every hour of the day.

闹钟可以用来每小时报鸣.

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A muted electronic chime sounded upstairs as Silas stepped onto the carpet.

当他从地毯上走过时,楼上的电子钟骤然响了起来.

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Not to be outdone, Luke began to chime in with his own rendition.

为了不落下风, 卢克开始了他自己相应的表演.

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The chime of the clock woke him up.

钟声敲醒了他.

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Methods patients chime improvement central venous catheter to drain ascites discontinnitily.

方法采用改良中心静脉导管腹腔内留置进行间断性腹水引流.

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What you have just said does chime in with our views.

总的说来,他们的计划跟我们的计划是一致的.

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How I should chime in with their manners!

我多么应该和他们的风度东钟西应啊!

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On Sundays we can hear the church bells chime.

星期日我们能听到教堂的钟声.

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A wind chime is hanging above the desk.

书桌上面挂着风铃.

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He is always ready to chime in with his opinion.

他老是要打断别人的谈话发表自己的看法.

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Dennis has been monkeying with the clock. Now it won't chime.

丹尼斯乱拨钟, 现在钟不响了.

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My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies.

我的心想与钟声齐轻叹.

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The scenery and the music chime well with the mood of the play.

布景和音乐跟剧本的情调很协调.

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Bright red Williams and their chime in easily, next Shanghai registered rainstorm recreation south.

朱威廉与他们一拍即合, 南下上海注册了暴雨娱乐.

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Don't interrupt or chime in.

不要打断他(她),不要插话.

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