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BNC: 16011 COCA: 12925

chime

1 chime /ˈtʃaɪm/ noun
plural chimes
1 chime
/ˈtʃaɪm/
noun
plural chimes
Learner's definition of CHIME
[count]
: a device that produces a sound like the sound made by a set of bells敲钟装置;报时装置
usually plural通常用复数
see also wind chime
: the sound made by a set of bells(排钟发出的)钟声
usually plural通常用复数
2 chime /ˈtʃaɪm/ verb
chimes; chimed; chiming
2 chime
/ˈtʃaɪm/
verb
chimes; chimed; chiming
Learner's definition of CHIME
[no object] : to make the sound of a ringing bell(铃或钟)鸣响,敲响
of a clock : to make a ringing sound that indicates the time(钟)报时
[+ object]
[no object]
[no object] : to agree : to be in harmony合拍;一致
often + with

chime in

[phrasal verb]
: to add your comment or opinion to a conversation or discussion that you have been listening to插话;打断谈话
: to be in agreement or harmony with something协调;融合
BNC: 16011 COCA: 12925

chime

1 of 3

noun (1)

: the edge or rim of a cask or drum

chime

2 of 3

verb

chimed; chiming

intransitive verb

1
a
: to make a musical and especially a harmonious sound
b
: to make the sounds of a chime
2
: to be or act in accord

transitive verb

1
: to cause to sound musically by striking
2
: to produce by chiming
3
: to call or indicate by chiming
the clock chimed midnight
4
: to utter repetitively : din sense 2
chimer noun

chime

3 of 3

noun (2)

1
: an apparatus for chiming a bell or set of bells
2
a
: a musically tuned set of bells
b
: one of a set of objects giving a bell-like sound when struck
3
a
: the sound of a set of bells
usually used in plural
b
: a musical sound suggesting that of bells
4
: accord, harmony
such happy chime of fact and theory Henry Maudsley

Example Sentences

Verb The music and the mood chimed well together. the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English chimbe, from Old English cimb-; akin to Middle Dutch kimme edge of a cask

Noun (2)

Middle English, cymbal, probably from Anglo-French *chimbe, cime, from Latin cymbalum cymbal

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a

Noun (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of chime was in the 14th century
BNC: 16011 COCA: 12925

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