亚洲网紅露点

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clank

[ klangk ]

noun

  1. a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking, one against the other:

    the clank of chains; the clank of an iron gate slamming shut.



verb (used without object)

  1. to make such a sound.
  2. to move with such sounds:

    The old jalopy clanked up the hill.

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to make a sharp sound, as metal in collision:

    He clanked the shovel against the pail.

  2. to place, put, set, etc., with a clank:

    to clank the cell door shut.

clank

/ 办濒忙艐办 /

noun

  1. an abrupt harsh metallic sound
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to make or cause to make such a sound
  2. intr to move or operate making such a sound
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠濒补苍办颈苍驳濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠濒补苍办顎僫苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 肠濒补苍办顎僫苍驳路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 肠濒补苍办顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of clank1

First recorded in 1605鈥15, clank is from the Dutch word klank sound
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of clank1

C17: of imitative origin
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The air thrums with the din of destruction 鈥 giant excavators clanking against steel beams, trucks bleating out warning signals as they back into position, green organic material whooshing out of hoses onto finished sites.

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The strength machines use electric motors to create resistance instead of physical weights, so there鈥檚 no clanking.

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Like, 鈥渂ucket clanking on the bottom of a dry well鈥 low?

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All 11 of her previous attempts had clanked away or rimmed out or missed altogether, a slump eerily reminiscent of the 0-for-10 start that struck unexpectedly against Minnesota on Jan. 30.

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But as silky smooth as the sequence looked 鈥 and as strange as a slump from Watkins seemed 鈥 the step-back clanked away.

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