transcription, транскрипция: [ tʃaɪm ]
( chimes, chiming, chimed)
1.
When a bell or a clock chimes , it makes ringing sounds.
He heard the front doorbell chime.
...as the Guildhall clock chimed three o’clock.
...a mahogany chiming clock.
VERB : V , V n , V-ing
2.
A chime is a ringing sound made by a bell, especially when it is part of a clock.
The ceremony started as the chimes of midnight struck.
N-COUNT
3.
Chimes are a set of small objects which make a ringing sound when they are blown by the wind.
...the haunting sound of the wind chimes.
N-PLURAL : usu supp N