An abrupt high-pitched ringing sound, typically one made by a cash register.
(尤指收银机发出的)清脆声,“叮”的一声
nothing shifts the winds of Hollywood opinion like the ching of a box office cash register
Example sentencesExamples
The door closed behind them with a small ching of tiny bells, shutting out the roar of the crowd.
There was the cash drawer, sliding open with a ching that seemed now like something eerie and wholly alien.
It's probably been a few months since I've heard the ching! of a toaster telling me my toast is done, or the annoying beep of a microwave after it pops my popcorn.
I had finished my crackers and jam and gone back up to my room when I heard the ching of the doorbell and my father's voice and then another man's, though not Uncle Fitz.'s.
A loud ching interrupted Jake's thoughts as he turned back towards the impending battle.
A soft ching of metal told her that that someone was trying to pick the lock.
The scoreboard, undisturbed by the chaos, went ching!
The ball connected with a dull ching and I took off to first.
Jess's boss must have heard the ching of the cash register, because she appeared from behind the door again.
Origin
Imitative.
Definition of ching in US English:
ching
nounCHiNG
An abrupt high-pitched ringing sound, typically one made by a cash register.
(尤指收银机发出的)清脆声,“叮”的一声
nothing shifts the winds of Hollywood opinion like the ching of a box office cash register
Example sentencesExamples
The scoreboard, undisturbed by the chaos, went ching!
There was the cash drawer, sliding open with a ching that seemed now like something eerie and wholly alien.
The door closed behind them with a small ching of tiny bells, shutting out the roar of the crowd.
A loud ching interrupted Jake's thoughts as he turned back towards the impending battle.
It's probably been a few months since I've heard the ching! of a toaster telling me my toast is done, or the annoying beep of a microwave after it pops my popcorn.
I had finished my crackers and jam and gone back up to my room when I heard the ching of the doorbell and my father's voice and then another man's, though not Uncle Fitz.'s.
Jess's boss must have heard the ching of the cash register, because she appeared from behind the door again.
A soft ching of metal told her that that someone was trying to pick the lock.
The ball connected with a dull ching and I took off to first.