单词 | jangle |
释义 | jan·gle I. intransitive verb 1. archaic < some … have turned aside unto vain jangling — 1 Tim 1:6 (Authorized Version) > 2. < must jangle till at last we fought — A.E.Housman > 3. < the alarm clock jangled loudly > transitive verb 1. < the telephone jangled a summons > 2. a. < jangle a bunch of keys > b. < the whimsy that had sometimes jangled the nerves of American newsmen — John Lardner > II. 1. < his eternal jangle about being the average father of an average American family — Louis Auchincloss > 2. < she hated … a shrill squabble of shrews, a degrading jangle between servant and mistress — Jean Stafford > 3. < music that seemed to be a chaotic jangle > < the jangle of sleigh bells > : discord < a haven of calm amid the jangle of modern civilization > |
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