Making a light ringing sound, such as that of a small bell; tinkling, jingling. Sometimes also in extended use, with reference to rhyme in verse; cf…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [adjective] > sound of bells (6) tinglingc1450 Making a light ringing sound, such as that of a small bell; tinkling, jingling. Sometimes also in extended use, with reference to rhyme in verse; cf… jingling1558 That jingles: see the verb. chiming1648 That chimes, in various senses of the verb; spec. in chiming clock. knelling1662 tolling1728 That tolls, as a bell. clinking1871 That clinks or tinkles. (In quot. 1856 there may be a reference to clinker, n.1 4.) |
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