n.钟；铃；门铃；钟声；钟状物
vt.敲钟；使象钟状地张开
vi.使呈钟状；张开
I was roused by the sound of the bell this morning. 今天早晨，我被铃声唤醒。
I was too preoccupied to hear the bell. 当时我出神地想着心事，没有听见门铃响。
The church bell calls up my wedding day. 教堂的钟声使我想起了我结婚的那天。
用作及物动词 (vt.)The young monk clangs the bell every morning. 年幼的和尚每天早晨当当地敲钟。
Lots of bell ringers were killed by lightning. 许多敲钟人被闪电击毙。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)The thief got flurried,thinking that it was too bad to have produced the crashiing sound which would himself on the bell,trying to muffle the crashing sound with his arms. 他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想捂住钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！
bell的基本意思是“钟”“铃”,多指由金属制成的响器,最常见的是球形而下开一条口,里面放金属丸或小锤,振动时相互撞击而发声,此外还可指电铃、车铃等,其形状不一,为可数名词。
bell的另一个意思是“钟声”“铃声”,一般用作单数名词。
bell还可作“钟状物”解,是可数名词。
在非正式英语里give sb a bell可作“给某人打个电话”解。
