chime

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

chime [chime chimes chimed chiming] verb, noun BrE [tʃaɪm] NAmE [tʃaɪm]
verb intransitive, transitive (of a bell or a clock)
to ring; to show the time by making a ringing sound
•I heard the clock chime.
•Eight o'clock had already chimed.
•~ sth The clock chimed midday.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle 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.

Example Bank:
•Eight o'clock had already chimed.
•The clock chimed midnight.
Derived: ↑chime in ▪ ↑chime with something
 
noun
a ringing sound, especially one that is made by a bell
•door chimes
see also ↑wind chimes

Word Origin:
Middle 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.

Example Bank:
•This electronic door chime can play over 100 different popular tunes.

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bell, gong