tinkle

tinkle
verb
  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
noun
  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。
    ■(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
tinkly
( tinklier, tinkliest)
adjective(tinklier, tinkliest)
语源
  1. late Middle English (also in the sense 'tingle'): frequentative of obsolete tink 'to chink or clink', of imitative origin
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