tinkle
- IPA[ˈtiNGk(ə)l]
美式
- make or cause to make a light, clear ringing sound；urinate
- a light, clear ringing sound；a telephone call
verb: tinkle, 3rd person present: tinkles, gerund or present participle: tinkling, past tense: tinkled, past participle: tinkled
noun: tinkle, plural noun: tinkles
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. make or cause to make a light, clear ringing sound cool water tinkled in the stone fountains the maid tinkled a bell 同義詞
- 2. informal urinate I needed to tinkle
名詞
- 1. a light, clear ringing sound the distant tinkle of a cowbell 同義詞
- ▪ British informal a telephone call I'll give them a tinkle 同義詞
- 2. informal an act of urinating you have to pay to go in for a tinkle
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈtɪŋkl]
英式
- make or cause to make a light, clear ringing sound: cool water tinkled in the stone fountains corks popped and glasses tinkled
- a light, clear ringing sound: the distant tinkle of a cow bell
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