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Meaning of cykelklocka | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitioner

  1. a bicycle bell, a bike bell
    common-gender
  2. any large clock (e.g. a church clock) used by cyclists to tell the time when riding
    common-gender, uncommon

Exempel

“Tereadorens jacka flaxande kring nunnedok, kung Valdemars vallaredräkt dansande polska med Den bergtagnas kjol etc. etc. i rik och brokig omväxling, allt vid zefirens mest smekande och med cigarrdoft från terrassen blandade fläktar och med ackompanjemang af Strömmens och Stockholmslifvets glada brus, i hvilket cykelklockorna spela triangelstämman.”

The toreador’s jacket fluttering about the nun’s veil, King Valdemar’s herdsman’s garb dancing a polska with the skirt of The Enchanted Maiden, and so on and so forth in rich and motley variety, all to the zephyr’s softest caresses, mingled with the scent of cigars from the terrace, and accompanied by the cheerful murmur of the Stream and of Stockholm life, in which the bicycle bells play the triangle part.

“Det var ett 30-tal PRO:are. Halva gänget kom cyklande, sjungande och plingade i cykelklocka ända fram till grillplatsen.”

There were about thirty members of a local pensioners’ association. Half the group came cycling, singing, and ringing their bicycle bells all the way to the barbecue area.

“Jag får frågor om det varje dag, en del använder den som cykelklocka på väg till jobbet. Men första advent kommer klockorna fungera igen, säger han.”

I get questions about it every day, some use it as a bicycle clock on their way to work. But on the first Sunday of Advent, the clocks will work again, he says.

CEFR-nivå

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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