belfry

belfry

英 ['belfrɪ]
　　美 ['bɛlfri]

n. 鐘樓；鐘塔

中文詞源：

belfry 鐘樓

來自古德語復合詞*berg-frithu, 和平保衛者，諷刺的用於一古老的攻城塔的名字。berg,保護，詞源同harbor, 港口，保護。frithu, 和平，友好，詞源同free, friend. 後該攻城塔用於眺望，因與鐘樓功能相似而詞義也隨之變化，拼寫也受bell影響俗化。

例句：

1. The poor man must have bats in the belfry -- he wears such peculiar clothes.
這個可憐的人準有點瘋 -- 他穿這麼怪的衣服.

2. Belfry: bell tower , either freestanding or attached to another structure.
鐘樓: 獨立的或附在另一建築上的鐘樓.

3. There also had been hundreds of in my belfry and attic.
在我的鐘樓和閣樓也有好幾百隻.

4. Everybody said that the old man had bats in his belfry.
人人都說那老頭是神經病.

5. Paddy: Uh oh, It'sounds like you've belfry!
派迪: 喔哦, 聽起來你是腦袋不太正常!