tinkle
noun /ˈtɪŋkl/
/ˈtɪŋkl/
[usually singular]- (also tinklinga light, high ringing sound/ˈtɪŋklɪŋ//ˈtɪŋklɪŋ/[singular, uncountable])
丁零声;当啷响 - the tinkle of glass breaking
玻璃破碎发出的当啷声
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- faint
- gentle
- little
- …
- hear
- with a tinkle
- the tinkle of glass breaking
- (British English, old-fashioned, informal) a phone call
电话通话 - (informal) an act of urinating
撒尿;小便 - to have a tinkle
撒尿
- to have a tinkle
词源late Middle English (also in the sense ‘tingle’): frequentative of obsolete tink ‘to chink or clink’, of imitative origin.