| 单词 |
clink-clank |
| 释义 |
▪ I. clink-clank, n. Also clink-to-clank. [See clink n.1, v.1] A succession or alternation of clinking sounds; fig. a senseless jingle of words.
a1790Old Derbysh. Riddle, Clink, clank, under't bank Ten agen four [A milkmaid milking]. 1679Penn Addr. Prot. 156 The Priesthood..by their usurpt Commission of Apostleship, their pretended Succession, and their Clink Clank of extraordinary Ordination. 1888Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Comin clink-to-clank along the road. ▪ II. clink-clank, v. intr. To make a clink-clank sound.
1921H. Walpole Young Enchanted iii. iii, The ships clink-clank against the side of the pier. |

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