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clinkety-clank

/kling-ki-tee-klangk/US // ˈklɪŋ kɪ tiˈklæŋk //

叮叮当当,咔嚓咔嚓,叮叮当当地响,叮叮当当的响声

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a succession of alternating clinks and clanks: the clinkety-clank of armored vehicles on the rough road.

Examples

  • Soon the only sounds were the clank of a shovel and thuds of dirt being moved.

  • "We are developing our abilities," Abu Sufyan says, as his bullets clank against his camouflage vest.

  • Nigel would have remonstrated with her, but she had departed, and in a moment he heard the house-door clank behind her.

  • The clank of a sword sounds above the measured foot fall on a polished floor.

  • The log lurched noisily across lumps and hollows, the chain made a harsh clank, and the wood echoed the thud of heavy hoofs.

  • Soon he heard men's voices, and the familiar clank of chains.

  • The merry-go-rounds glint and clank under the shadow of a church.