English Dictionary

toll

/təʊl/

verb

(ergative) To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly. / (transitive) To summon by ringing a bell. / (transitive) To announce by tolling. / (figuratively) To make a sound as if made by a bell.

I had to toll the bell to signal the end of the day.

意味（1）

(ergative) To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.

Martin tolled the great bell every day.

意味（2）

(transitive) To summon by ringing a bell.

The ringer tolled the workers back from the fields for vespers.

意味（3）

(transitive) To announce by tolling.

The bells tolled the King’s death.

意味（4）

(figuratively) To make a sound as if made by a bell.

The chaplain's first mention of the name Yossarian! had tolled deep in his memory like a portentous gong.