n.旧时量布的长度,弯头,肘管
You can ring my - ell, ring my bell ( my bell, ding - a -- a - ling ).
你可以摇响我的铃,摇响我的铃. ( 我的铃, 丁呤呤, 丁呤呤 )
Give him an inch and he'll take an ell.
〔谚语〕得寸进尺.
He has fallen ell and suffered fever for a week.
他得病并且发烧已有一个星期了.