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单词 jingle
释义 jin·gle
I. \ˈjiŋgəl\ verb
(jingled ; jingled ; jingling \-g(ə)liŋ\ ; jingles)
Etymology: Middle English ginglen, of imitative origin
intransitive verb
1. : to make a usually light sharp continued clinking or varied and mingled tinkling usually metallic sound
 < sleigh bells jingle >
 < coins in his pocket jingled as he walked >
 < innumerable pottery bracelets jingled up and down upon her arms — Scott Fitzgerald >
2. : to sound in a way chiefly characterized by continued catchy repetition (as of rhyme, phrase, cadence) — used especially of verse
transitive verb
: to cause to jingle
 < jingled the coins in his pocket as he talked >
 < loved to jingle his spurs — Owen Wister >
jin·gler \-g(ə)lə(r)\ noun -s
II. noun
(-s)
1. : a metallic jingling sound
 < the jingle of the small bells >
: a rhythmical cadence
 < the jingle of the verse as he read it >
2.
 a. : something that jingles or is designed to jingle
  < a toy tambourine set about with little jingles >
 b.
  (1) : a short verse marked especially by catchy repetition (as of rhyme, alliterative sounds, cadences)
   < not so much a poet as a writer of jingles >
  (2) : a short catchy song using such a verse
   < composing jingles for TV advertising >
  (3) : an incomplete verse used in a contest in which the entrants supply the missing lines
3. : a two-wheeled covered vehicle used mainly in parts of Ireland and Australia as a public conveyance
4. : jingle shell
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