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clippety-clop

/klip-i-tee-klop/US // ˈklɪp ɪ tiˈklɒp //

哗啦啦,哗哗哗,哗啦哗啦

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the sound struck by the hoofs of a horse trotting on pavement, or any staccato, rhythmic sound resembling it.

Examples

  • He marches up and down, beating two pieces of wood together--clop-clop, clop-clop--as he walks.

  • It is a plovelb, and says, ‘A new field gives a small clop,’ or ‘Human life is but fifty years.’

  • The cloppety-clop of the feet of a passing cab horse now came in through the open door of the vestibule.

  • Then the driver jumps to the seat and gathers up the reins and says “Go on, Old Dan,” and clopperty, clopperty clop!

  • Then the girls heard a faint clip-clop of hoof-beats on the rocky trail leading along Top Notch.