clink

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass. onomatopoeic
    — You could hear the clink of the glasses from the next room.
  2. A prison. dated,slang
    — If he keeps doing things like that, he’s sure to end up in the clink.
  3. Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.
动词 v.
  1. To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another. ambitransitive
    — The hammers clinked on the stone all night.
  2. To clinch; to rivet. Scotland,transitive
  3. To rhyme. dated,humorous

词形变化

clinks plural clinks present,singular,third-person clinking participle,present clinked participle,past clinked past clinks plural klink alternative clinks present,singular,third-person clinking participle,present clinked participle,past clinked past

词汇关系

衍生词
clink-clanks crambo-clink clinkable clinker clinking stuff clinkstone clinky

词源

词源 1
From Middle English clinken, from Old English *clincan (compare clynnan, clynian (“to sound; resound”)), from Proto-Germanic *klinganą (“to sound”).
Cognates include Middle Dutch klinken and German klingen. Related to cling (sound) and clang. May be further related to call.
Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, as metal against metal.
词源 2
From the Clink prison in Southwark, London, itself presumably named after sound of doors being bolted or chains rattling.
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