chime
verb [intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they chime | |
| he / she / it chimes | |
| past simple chimed | |
| past participle chimed | |
| -ing form chiming |
(of a bell or a clock 铃或时钟 to ring; to show the time by making a ringing sound 鸣响；敲响；报时 I heard the clock chime. 我听见钟响报时。 Eight o'clock had already chimed. 已敲过八点钟了。 - chime something
The clock chimed midday. 时钟响过正午十二点。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryChime is used with these nouns as the subject:- bell
- clock
- doorbell
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘cymbal’ and ‘ring out’): probably from Old English cimbal (from Latin cymbalum, from Greek kumbalon, from kumbē ‘cup’), later interpreted as chime bell.