clink
/klɪŋk/ (bre, ipa) · /klɪŋk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkliŋk/ (ame, mw)
clink — 動詞
- clinkpresent simple I / you / we / they
- clinkshe / she / it
- clinkedpast simple
- clinking-ing form
1. to produce, or cause two hard objects such as glasses, coins, or metal cutlery t
叮噹作響
玻璃或金屬輕碰發出清脆短聲
to produce, or cause two hard objects such as glasses, coins, or metal cutlery to produce, a brief high-pitched ringing as their surfaces meet.
Vikram and Darius clinked their wine glasses to celebrate the new contract.
Vikram 和 Darius 互碰酒杯，慶祝新合約。
transitive: clink + plural object (two glasses)
Coins clinked at the bottom of the metal donation box during the morning service.
早晨禮拜時，硬幣在金屬奉獻箱底叮噹作響。
intransitive: subject is the noisy object
Yuki accidentally clinked her spoon against the porcelain bowl while stirring the soup.
Yuki 攪湯時不小心讓湯匙碰到瓷碗發出叮一聲。
Bottles clinked together in the cardboard box every time Owen lifted it from the car.
每次 Owen 把紙箱從車上拿下來，瓶子就在裡面互相碰撞作響。
The waiter set down a tray, and Anong heard glasses clink as the family said cheers.
服務生放下托盤時，Anong 聽見一家人乾杯時酒杯叮噹相碰。
- thud
dull heavy sound rather than light ringing
文法句型
clink + against
clink + with
用法筆記
Subject of the intransitive use is almost always a small hard object (glass, coin, key, cutlery) — abstract subjects do not clink. The transitive form usually takes a paired or plural object representing the two things striking each other.
常見錯誤
clink — 名詞
1. a brief, high-pitched ringing made when two small hard surfaces meet, such as gl
叮噹聲
玻璃或金屬輕碰時的短促清脆聲
a brief, high-pitched ringing made when two small hard surfaces meet, such as glass on glass or metal on metal.
Amani heard the clink of coffee cups from the kitchen as her parents got ready for work.
Amani 聽見廚房傳來咖啡杯的叮噹聲，父母正準備出門上班。
pattern: the clink of [plural countable noun]
There was a soft clink as Talia dropped her keys onto the marble counter.
Talia 把鑰匙丟到大理石檯面上，發出輕輕一聲叮噹。
pattern: a clink as [event clause]
Guests at the wedding heard the clink of champagne glasses during every toast.
婚禮上，每次敬酒賓客都聽見香檳杯的叮噹聲。
Sofia counted each clink as the silver coins fell one by one into her grandfather's tin box.
Sofia 數著每一聲叮噹，看著銀幣一枚枚掉進祖父的鐵盒裡。
- thud
dull heavy impact sound
文法句型
a clink of [hard objects]
用法筆記
Often used with the partitive structure 'the clink of [hard objects]'. Distinguish from sense 2 (informal British 'prison') — sense 2 takes 'the' as a fixed slang reference, never plural, and is not about a sound.
常見錯誤
2. an informal British way of referring to jail, used as a fixed expression usually
監獄；牢裡
英式口語對監獄的稱呼
an informal British way of referring to jail, used as a fixed expression usually after 'in' or 'out of'.
Piotr's older cousin spent six months in the clink after a bar fight in Manchester.
Piotr 的表哥因為在曼徹斯特酒吧打架，在牢裡待了六個月。
fixed phrase: in the clink
Eleni joked that her brother would end up in the clink if he kept driving like that.
Eleni 開玩笑說，她弟弟再這樣開車下去遲早會進牢裡。
humorous tone, common register
When Ignacio finally got out of the clink, his old neighbours barely recognised him.
Ignacio 終於從牢裡出來時，老鄰居幾乎認不出他了。
The newspaper said the politician would be thrown in the clink for tax fraud.
報紙報導說那位政客將因逃漏稅被關進牢裡。
文法句型
in the clink
out of the clink
用法筆記
Almost always preceded by 'the' and used in fixed phrases such as 'in the clink' or 'out of the clink'. Origin is from a famous old prison in London. Distinguish from sense 1 (the sound) by surrounding context — this sense never appears with 'a clink of'.