tinkle 的 3 个定义
tin·kled, tin·kling.
- to give forth or make a succession of short, light, ringing sounds, as a small bell.
- to run one's fingers lightly over a keyboard instrument or to play such an instrument simply or badly.
- Baby Talk. to urinate.
tin·kled, tin·kling.
- to cause to tinkle or jingle: The goat tinkled its bell every time it raised its head. Who's tinkling the piano?
- to make known, call attention to, attract, or summon by tinkling.
- a tinkling sound or tune.
- an act or instance of tinkling.
- Informal. a telephone call: Give me a tinkle before you leave for Europe.
tinkle 近义词
jingle, ring
更多tinkle例句
- When the news came out that Jackie director Pablo Larraín had cast her as Princess Diana, it sounded as if genius had struck with the perfectly tuned tinkle of a sterling dinner bell.
- The third line runs thus: “How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle in the icy air of night.”
- We observe that as “time” is here repeated three times, so “tinkle” was repeated three times in the third line.
- The blind came down with a rush, there was a little tinkle of glass, and the general staggered back with his hand to his shoulder.
- Tinkle, tinkle went the bells The reindeer lifted their hoofs higher and pawed at the comforter.
- The brook was whispering secret things, and the drip from the trees made a soft tinkle, just detectable, on its pools.