clink

verb

1. 使发出叮当声；使叮当作响
   to make or cause sth to make a sharp ringing sound, like that of glasses being hit against each other
   1. clinking coins
      叮当响的硬币
   2. They clinked glasses and drank to each other's health.
      他们碰杯互祝身体健康。

noun

1. 叮当声
   a sharp ringing sound like the sound made by glasses being hit against each other
2. 班房；牢房
   prison

1. V-RECIP-ERG (使)发出叮当声;(使)叮当作响
   If objects made of glass, pottery, or metal clink or if you clink them, they touch each other and make a short, light sound.
   1. She clinked her glass against his...
      她和他碰了一下杯。
   2. They clinked glasses...
      他们碰了杯。
   3. The empty whisky bottle clinked against the seat...
      空威士忌酒瓶碰到座位上，叮当作响。
   4. Their glasses clinked, their eyes met.
      他们举杯相碰，目光交会。
   5. Clink is also a noun.
      
   6. ...the clink of a spoon in a cup.
      杯勺相碰的叮当声

1. She clinked her glass against his
   她和他碰了一下杯。
2. They clinked glasses
   他们碰了杯。
3. The empty whisky bottle clinked against the seat
   空威士忌酒瓶碰到座位上，叮当作响。
4. Their glasses clinked, their eyes met.
   他们举杯相碰，目光交会。
5. Q: Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?
   Q：为什么喝酒时要碰杯？
6. When a guest trusted his host, he would then just touch or clink the host's glass with his own.
   当宾客信认主人时，两人就只是碰一下杯子。
7. Yet another claim asserts that the "clink" served as a symbolic acknowledgment of trust among imbibers who did not feel the need to sample each others'drinks to prove them unadulterated.
   然而还有另一种则认为：碰杯是一种象徵性的相信酒是乾净的，不需证明有没有放毒。
8. Ravenous, they ate and drank, and for a while there was silence but for the crackle of the fire, the clink of goblets, and the sound of chewing.
   三个人狼吞虎咽地又吃又喝，房间里一时安静下来，只有炉火的噼啪声，高脚酒杯的碰撞声，以及咀嚼食物的声音。
9. Beside her is a large bag, from which comes the clink of glass bottles as she shifts on the cold concrete.
   她旁边放着一个大包，她在冰冷的混凝土地上动一下，包里的玻璃瓶就叮当作响。
10. Instead of hot pot and expensive liquor, we clink bottles of cheap Tsingtao and search for common interests.
    没有火锅和昂贵的白酒，取而代之的是便宜的青岛啤酒，我们在觥筹交错间寻找共同的兴趣。
11. You'd better start behaving yourself or you'll end up in the clink young man!
    你最好老实点，不然就要进监狱了，年轻人！
12. The King cursed the courtiers and clapped them quickly into clink for taking prescriptions from a quack doctor.
    国王咒骂大臣们竟然从一个江湖郎中那里开药方，并且立即把他们关进了监狱。
13. You have to look in my eyes when you clink glasses.
    干杯的时候得看着我的眼睛。
14. As the fool think, so the bell clink.
    傻子只消想，钟声自会响。
15. In the hallway outside, a scuffle of feet. A clink of metal.
    在走廊外面，有扭打的痕迹和金属发出的声音。
16. No matter how dark our problems, there's always a clink of light to encourage us to keep on.
    无论路途有多么艰险，总会有一道光芒激励我们继续前进！
17. Listen to these glasses clink.
    听听这些杯子的碰撞声。
18. Spent the night in the clink.
    在监牢里呆了一夜。
19. The water went down the plughole with a loud gurgle. And the tinkle and clink of silverware on china, the hiss and gurgle of the coffee maker.
    水发着响亮的汩汩声流下了排水洞。还有陶瓷上银器的清脆的叮当声，咖啡壶的斯斯声和汩汩声。
20. Everyone always said Joe would end up in the clink.
    人人都说乔总有一天要坐牢。
21. He said he hadn't got any money but I could hear the clink of coins in his pocket.
    他说他没有钱，但我却听到他口袋里的硬币玎玲作响。
22. And the tinkle and clink of silverware on china, the hiss and gurgle of the coffee maker.
    还有陶瓷上银器的清脆的叮当声，咖啡壶的斯斯声和汩汩声。
23. They clink glasses again, less certainly this time.
    再碰杯，这次有点犹豫了。
24. To get at the real reason for the clink of glass on glass, we have to first look at why and how we toast, and where the practice originated.
    那么要找到喝酒碰杯的真正原因，我们首先应该了解的是我们为什么喝酒？怎么喝酒？

noun

1. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

   Synonym:    jailjailhousegaolslammerpokypokey

2. a short light metallic sound

   Synonym:    chinkclick

verb

1. make or emit a high sound
   1. tinkling bells

   Synonym:    tinkletinkchink

2. make a high sound typical of glass
   1. champagne glasses clinked to make a toast