| 单词 | tock-tock |
| 释义 | > as lemmastock-tock A short, hollow sound, deeper and more resonant than a tick, as of a cricket bat striking the ball. Also reduplicated as tock-tock. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > clap or clop clapa1616 hand-clapping1627 handclap1743 klop1841 clop1901 clap-clap1909 tock-tock1937 1937 M. Covarrubias Island of Bali viii. 238 When everything is ready, at the tock-tock of the dalang's toe-hammer, the orchestra begins to play. 1938 T. H. White Sword in Stone vi. 74 The tock of the arrows in the targets—which was as sleepy to listen to as the noise of a lawn-mower. 1971 J. Betjeman in Listener 18 Nov. 688/1 Near splash of dive and tock of cricket stroke How straight the crematorium driveway lies. 1982 J. S. Borthwick Case of Hook-Billed Kites (1983) lxv. 222 ‘Would you settle for a helicopter?’.. High up..she saw a small mechanical dragonfly coming closer, the dry tock-tock of the motor now clearly audible. < as lemmas |
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