英语词汇“clack”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

Trends of
clack

View usage for:

clack

(klæk)

Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense clacks, present participle clacking, past tense, past participle clacked

verb

If things clack or if you clack them, they make a short loud noise, especially when they hit each other.

The windshield wipers clacked back and forth. [VERB]

I clacked one ski against the other and almost tripped. [VERB noun]

Clack is also a noun.

...listening to the clack of her shoes on the stairs. [+ of]

Her bracelets were going clack-clack-clack, she was shaking so hard.

clack in British English

(klæk)

verb

to make or cause to make a sound like that of two pieces of wood hitting each other

2. (intransitive)

to jabber

3. a less common word for cluck

noun

a short sharp sound

a person or thing that produces this sound

chatter

7. Also called: clack valve

a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball

Word origin

C13: probably from Old Norse klaka to twitter, of imitative origin

clack in American English

(klæk)

verb intransitive

to make a sudden, sharp sound, as by striking two hard substances together

to talk fast, foolishly, etc.; chatter

to cluck or cackle

verb transitive

to cause to make a sudden, sharp sound

noun

a sudden, sharp sound

a device that makes such sounds

chatter

Word origin

ME clacken, prob. < ON klaka, to chatter; of echoic orig.

Examples of 'clack' in a sentence
clack

The clop of a hoof, the clack of a plate on a table, the sound of wind slipping past a chimney, the ring of a dropped coin on a cobblestone.It was the women outside my window: they went clack clack clack, never stopping.The regular suck and clack of the respirators calmed me down.

单词	clack
释义	Trends of clack View usage for: clack (klæk) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense clacks, present participle clacking, past tense, past participle clacked verb If things clack or if you clack them, they make a short loud noise, especially when they hit each other. The windshield wipers clacked back and forth. [VERB] I clacked one ski against the other and almost tripped. [VERB noun] Clack is also a noun. ...listening to the clack of her shoes on the stairs. [+ of] Her bracelets were going clack-clack-clack, she was shaking so hard. clack in British English (klæk) verb 1. to make or cause to make a sound like that of two pieces of wood hitting each other 2. (intransitive) to jabber 3. a less common word for cluck noun 4. a short sharp sound 5. a person or thing that produces this sound 6. chatter 7. Also called: clack valve a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball Word origin C13: probably from Old Norse klaka to twitter, of imitative origin clack in American English (klæk) verb intransitive 1. to make a sudden, sharp sound, as by striking two hard substances together 2. to talk fast, foolishly, etc.; chatter 3. to cluck or cackle verb transitive 4. to cause to make a sudden, sharp sound noun 5. a sudden, sharp sound 6. a device that makes such sounds 7. chatter Word origin ME clacken, prob. < ON klaka, to chatter; of echoic orig. Examples of 'clack' in a sentence clack The clop of a hoof, the clack of a plate on a table, the sound of wind slipping past a chimney, the ring of a dropped coin on a cobblestone. Robin Hobb THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN (2002) It was the women outside my window: they went clack clack clack, never stopping. O'Brian, Patrick TESTIMONIES (2002) The regular suck and clack of the respirators calmed me down. John Murray A FEW SHORT NOTES ON TROPICAL BUTTERFLIES (2002)
随便看	pieds-à-terre pied wagtail pied-à-terre pie-eyed pie graph pie-hole pie in the sky pieman piemen piemonte piemontite pienaar piend pie plant pieplant pie plate piepowder pier pierage pierce pierceable pierced piercer piercing piercingly

Trends ofclack

clack

clack in British English

clack in American English

Examples of 'clack' in a sentenceclack

Trends of
clack

Examples of 'clack' in a sentence
clack