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单词 ting-tang
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ting-tangn.int.

Brit. /ˈtɪŋˌtaŋ/, U.S. /ˈtɪŋˌtæŋ/
Forms: 1600s– ting-tang, 1600s– ting-tong.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: ting v., ting int., ting n.1
Etymology: < either ting v., ting int., or ting n.1, with reduplication and variation of the vowel.In sense A. 1 probably with allusion to the sound of pots and pans being mended, but probably also playing on the resemblance in sound to tinker n.1 With use representing a sound compare similar Dutch tingtang (17th cent. as noun, 19th cent. as interjection).
A. n.
1. Apparently: (a name for) a tinker (tinker n.1 1a). In quot. perhaps as a more general term of contempt. Obsolete. rare.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > mender > [noun] > of pots, kettles, etc.
tinkler?c1214
tinker1243
prig1567
kettler1604
kettleman1629
ting-tang1633
1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies ii. 379 He objecteth Tinkers-lucke, because then all our Churches must downe. This Ting-tong shall not have the lucke to stay us: because we hold our Churches commanded, in generall, though not for their particular places and formes.
2. (A name for) a small bell, esp. the sanctus bell. Later also: a succession of two ringing sounds differing in tone or force, such as that made by the ringing of a small bell, or of a small bell and a larger one alternately. Cf. slightly earlier sense B. and also ding-dong n. 1a.Usually denoting a succession of relatively high-pitched sounds (see note at ting int.), sometimes with connotations of shrillness or unpleasantness.With quot. 2004, cf. the specific sense relating to clocks at Compounds.
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society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > [noun] > handbell or small bell
handbellOE
cocklebell1378
skellat1398
crier1467
campanel1653
skellach1653
ting-tang1681
tinkler1767
grelot1854
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > small bell
bellc1175
cocklebell1378
crier1467
tantony1567
jingle1615
campanel1653
ting-tang1681
tinkler1767
crotal1790
grelot1854
pellet bell1907
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of bell > small bell
clapping1377
tinglinga1398
tinklinga1398
jingling14..
tinging1495
ting1611
ting-tang1808
ting-a-ling?1850
tankling1864
jingle1874
pringa1930
1681 Z. Cawdrey Prepar. for Martyrdom 21 The warning of their Sacred Tingtang.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Ting Ting-tang, a reduplicative term used among children, to denote the sound made by a bell.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Ting-tang, a small and shrill bell, to summon the family to dinner, the congregation to prayers, &c.
1848 J. Noake Rambler in Worcs. I. 308 There is a peal of six bells, besides a ‘ting tang’.
1901 Public School Mag. Oct. 292/1 The Alms-House bell, known as the ‘Ting-Tang’ rang every morning from 6.45 to 7.
2004 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 23 Oct. (Features section) The hour is struck by single blows at each quarter before the correct number of ting-tangs.
3. Jingling repetition of sounds in verse; rhyme. Cf. ding-dong n. 2. Obsolete. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [noun] > jingling of rhyme
jargon1570
jingle1661
chimea1674
ting-tang1686
ding-dong1709
clinka1716
tinkle1776
tintinnabulum1782
tink1890
1686 F. Spence tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Miscellanea Pref. Blank-verse..without the necessity of cursing Arabique customs or Moorish innovations, which forced a man to spoil a good thought by tagging it with Ting-tong.
B. int.
Representing a succession of two ringing sounds differing in tone or force, such as that made by the ringing of a small bell, or of a small bell and a larger one alternately. Frequently reduplicated. Cf. sense A. 2, ding-dong int. 1.With quot. 2003, cf. the specific sense relating to clocks at Compounds.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [interjection] > sound of bell
ding-dong?1577
ding?1578
ting-tang1673
tan-tin1721
ding-a-ling1829
1673 J. Eachard Some Opinions Mr Hobbs Considered 178 The patient dyeth. Ting, tong: ting, tong.
1680 V. Alsop Mischief Impositions Ep. Ded. That [bell] which..goes Ting tang, ting tang, before the Hoste, when carried to the sick.
1826 Universal Songster II. 204/2 The pleasing parish bells ring round... Ting tang, ting tong, ding dang, ding dong!
1922 A. Williams Round about Upper Thames viii. 133 A silvery note is heard echoing through the tree-tops: ‘Ting-tang, ting-tang, ting-tang.’ This is the small bell in the tower ringing for vespers.
2003 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 23 Jan. 20 Three-train [clock] examples have an extra pair of bells to chime ‘ting-tang’ on the first quarter, repeated twice, thrice and four times on the other quarters.

Compounds

As a modifier, designating something which makes a succession of two ringing sounds differing in tone or force; spec. designating a clock that sounds the quarter hours by striking two bells of different pitch alternately (cf. ding-dong n. 1c), as in ting-tang bell, ting-tang clock, etc.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > other types of clock
watch-clock1592
German clock1598
quarter clocka1631
wheel-clock1671
table clocka1684
month clock1712
astronomical clock1719
musical clock1721
repeater1725
Tompion1727
pulling clock1733
regulator1735
eight-day clock1741
regulator clock1750
French clock1757
repetition clock1765
day clock1766
striker1778
chiming clock1789
cuckoo-clock1789
night clock1823
telltale1827
carriage clock1828
fly-clock1830
steeple clock1830
telltale clock1832
skeleton clock1842
telegraph clock1842
star clock1850
weight-clock1850
prison clock1853
crystal clock1854
pillar scroll top clock1860
sheep's-head clock1872
presentation clock1875
pillar clock1880
stop-clock1881
Waterbury1882
calendar-clock1884
ting-tang clock1884
birdcage clock1886
sheep's head1887
perpetual calendar1892
bracket clock1894
Act of Parliament clock1899
cartel clock1899
banjo-clock1903
master clock1904
lantern clock1913
time clock1919
evolutionary clock1922
lancet clock1922
atomic clock1927
quartz clock1934
clock radio1946
real-time clock1953
organ clock1956
molecular clock1974
travelling clock2014
1656 E. Prestwich Hectors i. i. 4 Great Bels..will far out sound any of these tinckling ting-tang blades.
1777 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 278 A small or Ting Tang bell.
1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xv. §3317 Ting tong carriage clock.
1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 265 Ting Tang Clock, a clock that sounds the half-hours or quarters on two bells only.
2006 Peak District Life Spring 8/2 The oldest of seven bells in the church tower is the Sanctus bell, dedicated before the Reformation and nicknamed the ‘ting-tang’ bell because of its distinctive sound.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

ting-tangv.

Brit. /ˈtɪŋˌtaŋ/, U.S. /ˈtɪŋˌtæŋ/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ting v.
Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of ting v. Compare earlier ting-tang n., ting-tang int.Compare also Dutch tingtangen (early 16th cent. as tinghen tanghen; probably late 16th cent. in Kiliaan as tinghe tanghen, although interpretation of his entry is uncertain).
intransitive. To make a succession of two ringing sounds differing in tone or force, such as that made by the ringing of a small bell, or of a small bell and a larger one alternately.Usually denoting a succession of relatively high-pitched sounds (see note at ting int.), sometimes with connotations of shrillness or unpleasantness.
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1863 J. H. Speke Jrnl. Discov. Source Nile ii. 26 A large coast-bound caravan, carrying ivory tusks with double-toned bells suspended to them, ting-tonging as they moved along.
1890 All Year Round 22 Mar. 274/1 The Strand as quiet as a country road, the church bells ting-tanging all round.
2011 A. Kerz Better than Weird xxviii. 210 The little bells ting-tanged.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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