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Definition of dell in English: dellnoun dɛldɛl literary A small valley, usually among trees. 〈诗/文〉（通常在树林中的）小溪谷 lush green valleys and wooded dells 繁茂青葱的山谷和树木茂盛的小溪谷。 Example sentencesExamples - We've ridden down a narrow dell to the edge of an aspen-ringed meadow, where a quarter-mile of sunstruck pasture beckons.
- They ran through the city, carrying power through what use to be forests and peaceful dells.
- I called the fairy dell, not noticing the strangeness
- I could hear the milk-maids' buckets clatter, the cows lowing in the dell, and the indentured servant boy's tortured cries as he was being flogged.
- They were swooping along above a thousand darkened dells, and Kymenos could have chosen any of them to hide in.
- There was much talk of shady dells with dappled sunlight, satin sheets and rose petals, fluffy bunnies, tissues, anything that might make the deal sound sweet to both parties.
- There is a mystic beauty lurking in its vales and dells, which lifts the soul above the realms of time and space, and makes the beholder sense the presence of the divine.
OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch del and German dialect Telle, also to dale. RhymesAdele, Aix-la-Chapelle, aquarelle, artel, au naturel, bagatelle, béchamel, befell, bell, belle, boatel, Brunel, Cadell, carousel, cartel, cell, Chanel, chanterelle, clientele, Clonmel, compel, Cornell, crime passionnel, demoiselle, dispel, dwell, el, ell, Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, fell, Fidel, fontanelle, foretell, Gabrielle, gazelle, gel, Giselle, hell, hotel, impel, knell, lapel, mademoiselle, maître d'hôtel, Manuel, marcel, matériel, mesdemoiselles, Michel, Michelle, Miguel, misspell, morel, moschatel, Moselle, motel, muscatel, nacelle, Nell, Nobel, Noel, organelle, outsell, Parnell, pell-mell, personnel, propel, quell, quenelle, rappel, Raquel, Ravel, rebel, repel, Rochelle, Sahel, sardelle, sell, shell, show-and-tell, smell, Snell, spell, spinel, swell, tell, undersell, vielle, villanelle, well, yell Definition of dell in US English: dellnoundɛldel literary A small valley, usually among trees. 〈诗/文〉（通常在树林中的）小溪谷 lush green valleys and wooded dells 繁茂青葱的山谷和树木茂盛的小溪谷。 Example sentencesExamples - They ran through the city, carrying power through what use to be forests and peaceful dells.
- I called the fairy dell, not noticing the strangeness
- There is a mystic beauty lurking in its vales and dells, which lifts the soul above the realms of time and space, and makes the beholder sense the presence of the divine.
- They were swooping along above a thousand darkened dells, and Kymenos could have chosen any of them to hide in.
- We've ridden down a narrow dell to the edge of an aspen-ringed meadow, where a quarter-mile of sunstruck pasture beckons.
- I could hear the milk-maids' buckets clatter, the cows lowing in the dell, and the indentured servant boy's tortured cries as he was being flogged.
- There was much talk of shady dells with dappled sunlight, satin sheets and rose petals, fluffy bunnies, tissues, anything that might make the deal sound sweet to both parties.
OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch del and German dialect Telle, also to dale. |