词组 | sound the death knell of something |
释义 | sound the death knellTo cause or signal the impending end or ruin of something, especially a business, organization, or activity. (Refers to the sound of a bell ringing—the knell—from a church to indicate that someone has died.) The expansion of the Internet and digital media has sounded the death knell for countless print-based businesses around the world. sound the ˈdeath knell of somethingbe the reason why something ends, goes out of fashion, or is replaced: The arrival of large supermarkets sounded the death knell of many small local shops.The death knell is the ringing of a bell to announce a person’s death. |
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