单词 | clink-clank |
释义 | clink-clankn. A succession or alternation of clinking sounds; figurative a senseless jingle of words. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] jargon1340 gibberishc1557 fustiana1593 hibber-gibber1593 rabble?1593 gabbling1599 rantum-scantum1599 ribble-rabble1601 gabble1602 High Dutch1602 Greek1603 baragouin1614 galimatias1653 riddle-me-ree1678 clink-clank1679 Hebrew1705 alieniloquy1727 jabber1735 mumbo-jumbo1738 gibbering1786 rigmarole1809 gibber1832 rigmarolery1833 Babelism1834 jargoning1837 barrikin1851 abracadabra1867 double Dutch1876 jabberwock1902 jabberwocky1908 jibber-jabber1922 mumbo-jumbery1923 mumbo1931 double-talk1938 garbology1944 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > clink or chink > repeated clinkum-clankum1605 clink-clank1679 chinkling1755 1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants 156 The Priesthood..by their usurpt Commission of Apostleship, their pretended Succession, and their Clink Clank of extraordinary Ordination. a1790 Old Derbysh. Riddle Clink, clank, under't bank Ten agen four [A milkmaid milking]. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Clink-to-clank Comin clink-to-clank along the road. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). clink-clankv. intransitive. To make a clink-clank sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > ring [verb (intransitive)] > clink or chink clinkc1386 clinchc1440 twinka1529 chink1589 to cry clink1607 jink1828 plink1877 clink-clank1921 1921 H. S. Walpole Young Enchanted iii. iii The ships clink-clank against the side of the pier. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1679v.1921 |
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