clank

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. clank [clank clanks clanked clanking] BrE [klæŋk] NAmE [klæŋk] verb intransitive, transitive
to make a loud sound like pieces of metal hitting each other; to cause sth to make this sound
•clanking chains
•+ adj. I heard a door clank shut.
•~ sth The guard clanked his heavy ring of keys.
See also: ↑clanking
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (but rare before the mid 17th cent.): imitative.

Example Bank:
•The door clanked shut behind them.
•There were tales of clanking chains and doors that opened and shut by themselves.


Example Bank:
•the clank and rattle of the trams
•The lid hit the floor with a clank.
 
▪ II. clank (also clank·ing)noun usually singular
Main entry: ↑clank_derived

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clash, crash