1
- make or cause to make a light, clear ringing sound(使)发丁当声(或丁零声):
no obj. cool water tinkled in the stone fountains清凉的水在石头喷泉中潺潺流动
with obj. the maid tinkled a bell.保姆当当当地打铃。
2
- no obj. informal urinate〈非正式〉撒尿。
1
- a light, clear ringing sound丁当声, 丁零声:
the distant tinkle of a cow bell.
远处牛铃的丁当声。
1.1
- Brit. informal a telephone call〈英, 非正式〉一次电话:
I'll give them a tinkle.
我给他们打个电话。
2
- informal an act of urinating〈非正式〉撒尿。
派生词
tinkly
adjective词源
late Middle English (also in the sense 'tingle'): frequentative of obsolete tink 'to chink or clink', of imitative origin.