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• passing-bell

名詞

passing bell (複数形 passing bells)

1. (music) A bell rung to announce a passing, a death, or funeral; death bell, death 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.

同意語

• dead bell
• lych bell
• skellet bell
• mort bell

名詞

passing-bell (複数形 passing-bells)

1. Alternative form of passing bell
   • 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.