chimenoun詞源 1/tʃaɪm/

• 1

  entertainmentlifestylemusicA musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.

  • Hugo had a recording of someone playing the chimes against a background of surf noise that she found calming.
  • Sylvia was a chime player in the school orchestra.
• 2

  An individual ringing component of such a set.

  • Peter removed the C♯ chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath.
• 3

  A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.

  • The professor had stuffed a wad of gum into the chime of his doorbell so that he wouldn't be bothered.
• 4

  The sound of such an instrument or device.

  • The copier gave a chime to indicate that it had finished printing.
  • Chimes sing Sunday morn.
• 5

  A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.

  • Strike the bell with the brass chime hanging on the chain next to it.

chimeverb詞源 1/tʃaɪm/

• 1

  To make the sound of a chime.

  • The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.
  • I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon.
• 2

  To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.

  • And chime their sounding hammers.
• 3

  To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.

  • Chime his childish verse.
• 4

  To agree; to correspond.

  • The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.
  • Everything chimed in with such a humor.
• 5

  To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.

  • It shall not keep one settled pace of time, In the same tune it shall not always chime

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• chine