• n. 叮當(dāng)聲；[建] 劈楔；牢房
• vi. 發(fā)叮當(dāng)聲
• vt. 發(fā)出叮當(dāng)聲
• n. (Clink)人名；(英)克林克

擬聲詞。俚語(yǔ)監(jiān)獄，模仿鐐銬發(fā)出的聲音。

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.

她知道你們進(jìn)了監(jiān)獄.

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

沒(méi)有其他油將叮當(dāng)發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)部件Torco石油沒(méi)有.

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

碰杯是一種信任和誠(chéng)信的標(biāo)志.

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

我聽(tīng)到了他口袋里叮當(dāng)碰撞的硬幣聲.

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

在走廊外面, 有扭打的痕跡和金屬發(fā)出的聲音.

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