tinkle
FREQ #20110
n. 叮当声 vt. 使发丁当的声, 叮当地发出 vi. 叮当作响
发音
US
/ˈtɪŋkəl/
其它
词形变化
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复数
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三单
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现在分词
tinkled
过去式
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过去分词
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes.
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2.
A telephone call.
英国 可数 非正式 不可数Give me a tinkle when you arrive.
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3.
An act of urination.
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4.
Urine.
可数 委婉 非正式 不可数
v.
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1.
To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
不及物The glasses tinkled together as they were placed on the table.
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2.
To cause to tinkle.
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3.
To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling.
及物The butler tinkled dinner.
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4.
To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
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5.
To urinate.
非正式 不及物
词汇关系
相关短语
词源
From Middle English tinclen, equivalent to tink + -le (frequentative suffix). Cognate with West Frisian tinkelje (“to tinkle”), Dutch tinkelen (“to tinkle”), German Low German tinkeln (“to flicker, glitter, sparkle”).
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