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
- : 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.
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