英语词汇“clack”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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(klæk)

Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense clacks, present participle clacking, past tense, past participle clacked

verb

If things clack or if you clack them, they make a short loud noise, especially when they hit each other.

The windshield wipers clacked back and forth. [VERB]

I clacked one ski against the other and almost tripped. [VERB noun]

Clack is also a noun.

...listening to the clack of her shoes on the stairs. [+ of]

Her bracelets were going clack-clack-clack, she was shaking so hard.

clack in British English

(klæk)

verb

to make or cause to make a sound like that of two pieces of wood hitting each other

2. (intransitive)

to jabber

3. a less common word for cluck

noun

a short sharp sound

a person or thing that produces this sound

chatter

7. Also called: clack valve

a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball

Word origin

C13: probably from Old Norse klaka to twitter, of imitative origin

clack in American English

(klæk)

verb intransitive

to make a sudden, sharp sound, as by striking two hard substances together

to talk fast, foolishly, etc.; chatter

to cluck or cackle

verb transitive

to cause to make a sudden, sharp sound

noun

a sudden, sharp sound

a device that makes such sounds

chatter

Word origin

ME clacken, prob. < ON klaka, to chatter; of echoic orig.

Examples of 'clack' in a sentence
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The clop of a hoof, the clack of a plate on a table, the sound of wind slipping past a chimney, the ring of a dropped coin on a cobblestone.It was the women outside my window: they went clack clack clack, never stopping.The regular suck and clack of the respirators calmed me down.

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释义	Trends of clack View usage for: clack (klæk) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense clacks, present participle clacking, past tense, past participle clacked verb If things clack or if you clack them, they make a short loud noise, especially when they hit each other. The windshield wipers clacked back and forth. [VERB] I clacked one ski against the other and almost tripped. [VERB noun] Clack is also a noun. ...listening to the clack of her shoes on the stairs. [+ of] Her bracelets were going clack-clack-clack, she was shaking so hard. clack in British English (klæk) verb 1. to make or cause to make a sound like that of two pieces of wood hitting each other 2. (intransitive) to jabber 3. a less common word for cluck noun 4. a short sharp sound 5. a person or thing that produces this sound 6. chatter 7. Also called: clack valve a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball Word origin C13: probably from Old Norse klaka to twitter, of imitative origin clack in American English (klæk) verb intransitive 1. to make a sudden, sharp sound, as by striking two hard substances together 2. to talk fast, foolishly, etc.; chatter 3. to cluck or cackle verb transitive 4. to cause to make a sudden, sharp sound noun 5. a sudden, sharp sound 6. a device that makes such sounds 7. chatter Word origin ME clacken, prob. < ON klaka, to chatter; of echoic orig. Examples of 'clack' in a sentence clack The clop of a hoof, the clack of a plate on a table, the sound of wind slipping past a chimney, the ring of a dropped coin on a cobblestone. Robin Hobb THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN (2002) It was the women outside my window: they went clack clack clack, never stopping. O'Brian, Patrick TESTIMONIES (2002) The regular suck and clack of the respirators calmed me down. John Murray A FEW SHORT NOTES ON TROPICAL BUTTERFLIES (2002)
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