请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 clink
释义

clink

1
[ klingk ]
/ klɪŋk /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR clink ON THESAURUS.COM

verb (used with or without object)

to make or cause to make a light, sharp, ringing sound: The coins clinked together. He clinked the fork against a glass.

noun

a clinking sound.
Metallurgy. a small crack in a steel ingot resulting from uneven expanding or contracting.
a pointed steel bar for breaking up road surfaces.
Archaic. a rhyme; jingle.

Origin of clink

1
1275–1325; Middle English clinken, perhaps <Middle Dutch clinken to sound, ring, resound

Words nearby clink

clinical thermometer, clinical trial, clinician, clinicopathologic, clinid, clink, clinker, clinker-built, clinkety-clank, clinkstone, clino-

Definition for clink (2 of 2)

clink2
[ klingk ]
/ klɪŋk /

noun Slang.

a prison; jail; lockup.

Origin of clink

2
1505–15; after Clink, name of prison in Southwark, London, perhaps <Dutch klink door-latch
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for clink

British Dictionary definitions for clink (1 of 2)

clink1
/ (klɪŋk) /

verb

to make or cause to make a light and sharply ringing sound

noun

a light and sharply ringing sound
British a pointed steel tool used for breaking up the surface of a road before it is repaired

Word Origin for clink

C14: perhaps from Middle Dutch klinken; related to Old Low German chlanch, German Klang sound

British Dictionary definitions for clink (2 of 2)

clink2
/ (klɪŋk) /

noun

a slang word for prison

Word Origin for clink

C16: after Clink, name of a prison in Southwark, London
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/24 20:48:24