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clunk

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++clunk /klʌŋk/ noun [countable]  SOUNDa loud sound made when two solid objects hit each other 〔物体相撞发出的〕啷声,碰撞声 the clunk of the car door being shut 汽车门关上时发出的碰撞声clunk verb [intransitive, transitive]
Examples from the Corpus
clunkEight digits, a six-second delay, and a clunk, then the hard burr of the country telephone.If I accelerate hard then release the throttle suddenly, the transmission makes a clunk.She was just about to rattle the huge gates in fury when there was a clunk and the gates whirred open.I shove aside a pile of dehydrated red and black typewriter ribbons and set my machine down with a clunk.There was the rattle and heavy clunk of a fridge door being opened and closed.The bottle fell inside with a hollow clunk.This time there was one ominous clunk.He hears the two-part clunk of the receiver being set down.
Origin clunk (1700-1800) From the sound
clunk nounChinese
a sound solid when made Corpus loud two


clunk
clunk /klʌŋk/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Origin: From the sound
a loud sound made when two solid objects hit each other:
    the clunk of the car door being shut
—clunk verb [intransitive and transitive]


clunkBrE /klʌŋk/ 🔊NAmE /klʌŋk/ 🔊 nouna dull sound made by two heavy objects hitting each other (重物的)碰撞声,哐啷声 clunk verb [intransitive]