单词 | tump-tump |
释义 | tump-tumpn. A short sound as of water slopping without splashing, or a large ball being kicked. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > non-resonant impact sound > flat or limp impact flop1823 sumph1844 tump-tump1917 1917 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures 255 The ‘tump-tump’ of the puntabouts before the sides settled to games. 1983 Listener 20 Oct. 26/3 The one creation that is seen in innumerable moods is the Fenland water—rising to the tump-tump of the water~pumps. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1917 |
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