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chime

verb
🔊/tʃaɪm/
🔊/tʃaɪm/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they chime
🔊/tʃaɪm/
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he / she / it chimes
🔊/tʃaɪmz/
🔊/tʃaɪmz/
past simple chimed
🔊/tʃaɪmd/
🔊/tʃaɪmd/
past participle chimed
🔊/tʃaɪmd/
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-ing form chiming
🔊/ˈtʃaɪmɪŋ/
🔊/ˈtʃaɪmɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. (of a bell or a clock铃或时钟) to ring; to show the time by making a ringing sound鸣响；敲响；报时
    • I heard the clock chime.我听见钟响报时。🔊🔊
    • Eight o'clock had already chimed.已敲过八点钟了。🔊🔊
    • chime something The clock chimed midday.时钟响过正午十二点。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryChime is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • bell
    • clock
    • doorbell
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘cymbal’ and ‘ring out’): probably from Old English cimbal (from Latin cymbalum, from Greek kumbalon, from kumbē ‘cup’), later interpreted as chime bell.

chime

noun
🔊/tʃaɪm/
🔊/tʃaɪm/
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  1. a ringing sound, typically one that is made by a bell响亮清晰的声音；（尤指）铃声，钟声
    • door chimes门铃声
    see also wind chimes
    Word OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘cymbal’ and ‘ring out’): probably from Old English cimbal (from Latin cymbalum, from Greek kumbalon, from kumbē ‘cup’), later interpreted as chime bell.