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

单词	tinkle
释义	tin·kle I. \ˈtiŋkəl\ verb (tinkled ; tinkled ; tinkling \-k(ə)liŋ\ ; tinkles) Etymology: Middle English tinklen, freq. of tinken to make a tinkling sound *intransitive verb* 1. : tingle 2. a. : to make or emit a tinkle < bells from distant sheep tinkle through dreamy air — Lord Dunsany > < drums beating and marimbas tinkling — Dan Wickenden > b. : to make a sound suggestive of a tinkle especially while flowing or moving < the brook tinkled — George Meredith > < a footfall tinkled suddenly, incredibly tiny — Elinor Wylie > < the chaffinches tinkled excitedly — Gerald Durrell > c. : rhyme, jingle < frames it in tripping rhythms and absurdly tinkling rhymes — Louis Untermeyer > 3. a. : to produce a sound of or suggestive of a tinkle < she tinkled on the piano but was not allowed to join an orchestra — Virginia Woolf > < can sit … and tinkle away at waltzes — Claudia Cassidy > b. : to talk idly or foolishly or in a light gay manner : chatter, prate < skipping and tinkling through all the social events of the town — Dorothy Parker > 4. : urinate — not often in polite use *transitive verb* 1. : to sound or make known (the time) by a tinkle < through the tumult the bells … tinkled the hour — Hugh Walpole > — sometimes used with out < a small ornate clock … that tinkled out the hours — Mary Deasy > 2. a. : to cause to make the sound of or as if of a tinkle < likes to tinkle the piano keys > < tinkles his guitar at every opportunity > b. : to produce (a sound or tune) by tinkling < sitting idly tinkling a tune on his harpsichord > — sometimes used with out < found a Jew's harp … and began to tinkle out an Irish jig tune — Henry Lapham > II. noun (-s) 1. a. : a series of short high ringing or clinking sounds < from the engine room the tinkle of bells — R.H.Davis > < the tinkle of glassware — H.A.Sinclair > b. : a sound suggestive of a tinkle < the high tinkle of the harp — Willa Cather > < the high tinkle of their laughter — Irwin Shaw > < after the tinkle of accompaniment … he made the old songs roar — Virginia D. Dawson & Betty D. Wilson > 2. : a jingling sound effect achieved in light repetitious verse or in wordy empty prose < the tinkle of words is all that strikes the ears — William Mason >
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