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n sgt 1. przest. death knell 2. książk., przen. final tribute przen.- ten film to podzwonne dla polskiej literatury romantycznej this film is a final tribute to Polish romantic literature* * *n.Gen. - ego death knell; dzwonić podzwonne ring the death knell.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > podzwonne
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Ⅰ m (G dzwonu) (kościelny, alarmowy) bell- dzwony pogrzebowe a. żałobne (death) knell- dzwon na Anioł Pański the Angelus (bell)- bić a. uderzać w dzwony to ring the bells- brzmieć jak dzwon (o głosie) to resonateⅡ dzwony plt 1. pot. (spodnie) flares pot.; bell-bottoms 2. pot. (męskie narządy płciowe) nuts posp., goolies GB posp.- serce jak dzwon pot. a heart as sound as a bell* * *bell; ( dzwonienie) ringing- dzwony* * *mi1. bell; dzwon kościelny church bell; bicie dzwonów toll, bell ringing; bić w dzwon toll l. ring a bell; od wielkiego dzwonu once in a blue moon; serce jak dzwon sound heart; serce dzwonu clapper, tongue; dzwon alarmowy alarm bell; dzwon okrętowy żegl. ship bell; dzwon mgłowy żegl. fog bell; zespół dzwonów chimes, carillon; dzwony orkiestrowe l. rurowe muz. tubular bells.2. (= brzmienie, dźwięk dzwonu) bell, toll; wielkanocne dzwony Easter bells; dzwon pogrzebowy death-bell; dzwony weselne wedding bells.3. techn. bell; dzwon nurkowy diving bell, bell caisson; dzwon podwodny żegl. submarine bell; dzwon ratowniczy żegl. rescue diving bell.4. dzwony (= rodzaj spodni) bell-bottoms.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > dzwon
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death knell — Knell Knell, n. [OE. knel, cnul, AS. cnyll, fr. cnyllan to sound a bell; cf. D. & G. knallen to clap, crack, G. & Sw. knall a clap, crack, loud sound, Dan. knalde to clap, crack. Cf. {Knoll}, n. & v.] The stroke of a bell tolled at a funeral or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
death knell — n. 1. A stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a death; a knell[1]. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: (figuratively) A sign or harbinger of the end, death, or passing away of anything. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
death knell — n [singular] a sign that something will soon fail or stop existing →↑death blow (sound/strike/toll) the death knell for/of sth ▪ The loss of Georgia would sound the death knell of Republican hopes … Dictionary of contemporary English
death knell — ► NOUN 1) the tolling of a bell to mark a death. 2) an event that signals the end of something … English terms dictionary
death knell — death ,knell noun singular LITERARY an event or situation that is a sign of the end of something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
death knell — noun 1. an omen of death or destruction • Hypernyms: ↑omen, ↑portent, ↑presage, ↑prognostic, ↑prognostication, ↑prodigy 2. a bell rung to announce a death • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Death knell — A death knell is the ringing of a bell to announce a death. This is also called tolling the bell. The ancient custom of ringing a church bell at the actual time of death (The Passing Bell, or rather the Death Knell) fell into disuse in England by … Wikipedia
death knell — also death knell N SING: usu the N for/of n If you say that something sounds the death knell for a particular person or thing, you mean it will cause that person or thing to fail, end, or cease to exist. The tax increase sounded the death knell… … English dictionary
death knell — {n.}, {formal} 1. The ringing of a bell at a death or funeral. * /The people mourned at the death knell of their friend./ 2. {literary} Something which shows a future failure. * /Bill s poor grade on his final examination sounded the death knell… … Dictionary of American idioms
death knell — {n.}, {formal} 1. The ringing of a bell at a death or funeral. * /The people mourned at the death knell of their friend./ 2. {literary} Something which shows a future failure. * /Bill s poor grade on his final examination sounded the death knell… … Dictionary of American idioms
death\ knell — noun formal 1. the ringing of a bell at a death or funeral. The people mourned at the death knell of their friend. 2. literary Something which shows a future failure. Bill s poor grade on his final examination sounded the death knell of his hope… … Словарь американских идиом