英和和英

語源

From passing +‎ bell.

名詞

passing bell (plural passing bells)

1. A bell rung to announce a passing, a death, or funeral; death bell, death knell.

   Synonyms: dead bell, death bell, death knell, lych bell, skellet bell, mort bell, soul bell, soul knell

   • 1917, Wilfred Owen, Anthem for Doomed Youth:

     What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
       — Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
       Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
     Can patter out their hasty orisons.