knell/nel; nɛl/ n(usu sing 通常作单数)1 sound of a bell rung slowly after a death or at a funeral 丧钟声.2 (fig rhet 比喻, 修辞) sign that sth has ended for ever 某事物结束的徵兆 It sounded the (death-)knell of all her hopes. 那事听起来就像是给她的一切希望敲起了丧钟.
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