clink

• n. 叮当声；[建] 劈楔；牢房
• vi. 发叮当声
• vt. 发出叮当声
• n. (Clink)人名；(英)克林克

拟声词。俚语监狱，模仿镣铐发出的声音。

clink (v.)

early 14c., echoic (compare Dutch klinken, Old High German klingan, German klingen). Related: Clinked; clinking. The noun in the sound sense is from c. 1400.

clink (n.2)

"prison," 1770s, apparently originally (early 16c.) the Clynke on Clink Street in Southwark, on the estate of the bishops of Winchester. To kiss the clink "to be imprisoned" is from 1580s, and the word and the prison name might be cognate derivatives of the sound made by chains or metal locks (see clink (v.)).

clink (n.1)

"sharp, ringing sound made by collision of sonorous (especially metallic) bodies," c. 1400, from clink (v.).

1. She knows you were in the clink.

她知道你们进了监狱.

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2. No other oils will clink to engine parts as Torco oil does.

没有其他油将叮当发动机部件Torco石油没有.

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3. The'clink'was a sign of trust and honesty.

碰杯是一种信任和诚信的标志.

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4. I heard the clink of coins in his pockets.

我听到了他口袋里叮当碰撞的硬币声.

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5. In the hallway outside, a scuffle of feet . A clink of metal.

在走廊外面, 有扭打的痕迹和金属发出的声音.

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