单词 | clink |
释义 | clink clink1 /klingk/, v.t. , v.i. 1. to make or cause to make a light, sharp, ringing sound: The coins clinked together. He clinked the fork against a glass. n. 2. a clinking sound. 3. Metall. a small crack in a steel ingot resulting from uneven expanding or contracting. 4. a pointed steel bar for breaking up road surfaces. 5. Archaic. a rhyme; jingle. [1275-1325; ME clinken, perh. < MD clinken to sound, ring, resound] clink2 /klingk/, n. Slang. a prison; jail; lockup. [1505-15; after Clink, name of prison in Southwark, London, perh. < D klink door-latch] |
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