belfry
发音
英 [ˈbelfri]
美 [ˈbɛlfri]
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- n.
- 钟塔
- 钟室
单词词源
belfry 钟楼
来自古德语复合词*berg-frithu, 和平保卫者，讽刺的用于一古老的攻城塔的名字。berg,保护，词源同harbor, 港口，保护。frithu, 和平，友好，词源同free, friend. 后该攻城塔用于眺望，因与钟楼功能相似而词义也随之变化，拼写也受bell影响俗化。
双语例句
- 1. The armada was led by a floating belfry followed by a gilded rowbarge powered by what looked like galley slaves , though they included the olympian sir steve redgrave .
- 整个船队由一个浮动钟楼带领，后面跟着一个看似由苦力拉动的镀金游艇，尽管奥运桨手雷史蒂夫德格雷夫爵士（sirsteveredgrave）也在上面。
- 2. I would know if there were any bats in the belfry .
- 如果有什么不正常的事我会知道的。
- 3. The tower , with a square base , reminds us of a fort tower and it is not known whether it was a belfry , an observation tower , or both at the same time .
- 塔的地基为正方形，使我们想起了一座堡垒，只是不知道它是钟塔还是观察塔或者两者都是。
- 4. Not far from the place there is a tall belfry .
- 不远处有座高高的钟楼。
- 5. Later , one is called " stupid " hercules was in this zhong fang on belfry , then this bell calls big stupid clock .
- 后来，一位名叫“笨”的大力士把这口钟放在了钟楼上，于是这口钟便叫大笨钟了。