knell
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.
🗣️ 情景例句
All right. Is...is Susan coming?
好吧, Susan来吗?
I come from Japan.
我来自日本。
The day after the birth of the five children, an aeroplane arrived in Aberdeen bringing sixty reporters and photographers.