tin·kle /ˈtɪŋkəl/
清脆的金屬音,叮噹聲(vt.)使發清脆的聲響,叮噹地發出(vi.)叮噹作響
Tink·er·shire Tin·kle, n. Zool. The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
Tin·kle v. i.
1. To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink.
As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. --1 Cor. xiii. 1.
The sprightly horse
Moves to the music of his tinkling bells. --Dodsley.
2. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
And his ears tinkled, and the color fled. --Dryden.
Tin·kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkled p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkling.] To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
Tin·kle, n. A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.
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tinkle
n : a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell [syn: ting]
v : make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tink, clink,
chink]