(常作chimes)
1- a bell or a metal bar or tube, typically one of a set tuned to produce a melodious series of ringing sounds when struck（尤指组成一套敲击乐器的）钟, 铃; 金属棒; 金属管。
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- a sound made by such an instrument钟声, 铃声：
the chimes of Big Ben.
大本钟的敲击声。
1.2
chimes
a set of tuned bells used as a doorbell编铃（作门铃用）。
1.3
- Bell-ringing a stroke of the clapper against one or both sides of a scarcely moving bell【鸣钟术】打铃, 敲钟。
no obj.
1
- (of a bell or clock) make melodious ringing sounds, typically to indicate the time（钟, 铃, 时钟）发出和谐响声（尤指报时）。
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- with obj.(of a clock) make such sounds in order to indicate (the time)（时钟）用和谐响声报（时）：
the clock chimed eight.
钟敲响了八点。
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chime in with
be in agreement with协调, 一致：his poem chimes with our modern experience of loss.
他的诗与我们现代的失落感一致。
派生词
chimer
noun词源
Middle English （in the senses 'cymbal' and 'ring out'）： probably from Old English cimbal （see CYMBAL）， later interpreted as chime bell.
短语动词
chime in
- interject a remark, typically in agreement（尤指表示同意）插话：
'Yes, you do that, ' Doreen chimed in eagerly.
“是的, 由你来做,"多琳急切地插话说。