"clack" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 咔哒声
• 咔哒作响

Definition

发出像两个硬物撞击一样的短促清脆声音；也指这种声音，通常快速重复。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于描述机械或重复的叩击声，如打字机、鞋跟或牙齿声。英语中可作动词和名词，正式场合较少用。

Examples

The old typewriter started to clack loudly.

老式打字机开始**咔哒作响**。

You can hear the clack of her high heels down the hall.

你能听到她高跟鞋的**咔哒声**在走廊里回响。

Her teeth clacked together in the cold wind.

她的牙齿在冷风中**咔哒作响**。

Whenever she gets nervous, her fingernails clack on the table.

她紧张时，指甲总会在桌上**咔哒作响**。

I love the clack of billiard balls breaking at the start of a game.

我喜欢开球时台球**咔哒声**。

The train doors clacked shut just as we arrived.

我们刚到，列车门就**咔哒一声**关上了。