英语词汇ring the bell的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

ring the bell; ring a bell. To ring the bell, “to succeed at something,” is an Americanism that has its origins in either amusement park shooting galleries, where the marksman rings a bell when he hits the target, or in those familiar carnival strength-testing machines, where a person tries to sledgeham- mer a wooden ball hard and high enough up a board to ring a bell. Ring the bell is common in the spiels, or pitches, for both games. To ring a bell—“to strike a familiar chord, to evoke a memory”—on the other hand, may refer to memories evoked by ringing church bells or school bells.

词汇	ring the bell
词源	ring the bell; ring a bell. To ring the bell, “to succeed at something,” is an Americanism that has its origins in either amusement park shooting galleries, where the marksman rings a bell when he hits the target, or in those familiar carnival strength-testing machines, where a person tries to sledgeham- mer a wooden ball hard and high enough up a board to ring a bell. Ring the bell is common in the spiels, or pitches, for both games. To ring a bell—“to strike a familiar chord, to evoke a memory”—on the other hand, may refer to memories evoked by ringing church bells or school bells.
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