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

verb | noun

clinkclink1 /klɪŋk/ verb [intransitive, transitive]

ETYMOLOGYclink¹

Origin: 1300-1400 from the sound

VERB TABLE

clink

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	clink
	he, she, it	clinks
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	clinked
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have clinked
	he, she, it	has clinked
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had clinked
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will clink
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have clinked

Continuous Form
Present	I	am clinking
	he, she, it	is clinking
	you, we, they	are clinking
Past	I, he, she, it	was clinking
	you, we, they	were clinking
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been clinking
	he, she, it	has been clinking
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been clinking
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be clinking
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been clinking

if two glass or metal objects clink or if you clink them, they make a short ringing sound because they have been hit together: The two men clinked their glasses in celebration. [Origin: 1300–1400 from the sound]

verb | noun

clinkclink2 noun

ETYMOLOGYclink²

Origin: (1) 1400-1500 ➔ CLINK¹ (2) 1500-1600 Clink former prison in London, England

1[countable usually singular] the short ringing sound made by metal or glass objects hitting each other2the clink slang prison