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单词 tinkle
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tinkle

noun
/ˈtɪŋkl/
/ˈtɪŋkl/
[usually singular]
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  1. (also tinkling
    /ˈtɪŋklɪŋ/
    /ˈtɪŋklɪŋ/
     [singular, uncountable]    )
     a light, high ringing sound
    • the tinkle of glass breaking
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • faint
    • gentle
    • little
    • …
    verb + tinkle
    • hear
    preposition
    • with a tinkle
    See full entry
  2. (British English, old-fashioned, informal) a phone call
  3. (informal) an act of urinating
    • to have a tinkle
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘tingle’): frequentative of obsolete tink ‘to chink or clink’, of imitative origin.

tinkle

verb
/ˈtɪŋkl/
/ˈtɪŋkl/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they tinkle
/ˈtɪŋkl/
/ˈtɪŋkl/
he / she / it tinkles
/ˈtɪŋklz/
/ˈtɪŋklz/
past simple tinkled
/ˈtɪŋkld/
/ˈtɪŋkld/
past participle tinkled
/ˈtɪŋkld/
/ˈtɪŋkld/
-ing form tinkling
/ˈtɪŋklɪŋ/
/ˈtɪŋklɪŋ/
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  1. tinkle (something) to make a series of light, high ringing sounds; to make something produce this sound
    • A bell tinkled as the door opened.
    • Water tinkled in the fountains.
    • tinkling laughter
    • He tinkled the ice in his glass and took a sip.
    Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘tingle’): frequentative of obsolete tink ‘to chink or clink’, of imitative origin.
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