clacking n. 盖板
v. 发出咔嗒声(clack的现在分词)
- I heard the typewriter clacking in the next office.
- All I could hear was the steady clacking of a solitary typewriter.
我所能听到的一切是一部孤零零的打字机不断发出的噼啪声。 - There was a large , low-ceiling room, with clacking, rattling machines.
有一大间天花板很低的屋子,里面的机器响成一片。
Clack \Clack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Clacking}.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. F.claquer to
clap, crack, D. klakken, MHG. klac crack, Ir. clagaim I make
a noise, ring. Cf. {Clack}, n., {Clatter}, {Click}.]
1. To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such
noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of
parts; to rattle; to click.
We heard Mr.Hodson's whip clacking on the ahoulders
of the poor little wretches. --Thackeray.
2. To utter words rapidly and continually, or with
abruptness; to let the tongue run.