单词 | ting-tang |
释义 | ting-tangn.int. A. n. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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. ΚΠ 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). < n.int.1633v.1863 |
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