peal

1. V-I When bells peal, they ring one after another, making a musical sound. (鐘等) 一聲接一聲地鳴響

Church bells pealed at the stroke of midnight. 午夜時(shí)鐘一敲響，教堂的鐘聲便一聲接一聲地響起來(lái)。

2. N-COUNT Peal is also a noun. 一聲接一聲的鐘鳴聲

...the great peal of the abbey bells. …修道院一聲接一聲的洪亮的鐘鳴聲。

3. N-COUNT A peal of laughter or thunder consists of a long, loud series of sounds. 一長(zhǎng)串竄響亮的 (笑、雷的) 聲音

I heard a peal of laughter. 我聽到一長(zhǎng)串響亮的笑聲。

4. N a dialect name for a grilse or a young sea trout 幼鮭