clack
/klæk/ (bre, ipa) · /klæk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈklak/ (ame, mw)
clack — noun
- clacksingular
- clacksplural
1. a sudden, brief, hard-sounding noise produced when two solid items strike one an
a sudden, brief, hard-sounding noise produced when two solid items strike one another, like wooden blocks or heels on a tile floor
Felipe heard the loud clack of billiard balls from the back room of the bar.
noun phrase: clack of [colliding objects]
Every morning, Eleni woke to the clack of her neighbour's heels on the marble stairs.
the clack of [shoes/heels] on [hard surface]
The library was so quiet that even a small clack from the next table felt rude.
Diya's knitting needles made a steady clack as she worked through the long train ride.
文法句型
a clack of [noun]
with a clack
用法筆記
Subject is usually the sound itself or the activity; common in 'the clack of [plural objects/heels/needles]' patterns. Frequently in literary or descriptive prose rather than everyday speech.
常見錯誤
clack — verb
- clackpresent simple I / you / we / they
- clackshe / she / it
- clackedpast simple
- clacking-ing form
1. if two hard things clack, or if you clack one against another, they produce a br
if two hard things clack, or if you clack one against another, they produce a brief, sharp tapping sound on contact
Quinn's wooden sandals clacked on the tiled floor of the empty museum.
intransitive: [hard objects] + clack + on [surface]
Daniel clacked two stones together to scare the crows off the vegetable patch.
transitive: clack [object] together
Old wooden looms still clack rhythmically inside the small village workshop near Eshe's home.
The horses' hooves clacked sharply across the cobblestones as the parade reached the square.
Eri sat at the kitchen counter and clacked her chopsticks against the edge of the bowl.
文法句型
[hard objects] clack
clack [hard object] against/on [surface]
用法筆記
Subjects are typically hard, small, or thin items — shoes/heels, needles, sticks, hooves, keyboard keys, mechanical parts. Distinguish from sense-adjacent 'click': clack implies a deeper, harder sound than 'click', and shorter than 'clatter'.