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the clank of sth
指金属碰撞发出的响亮声音，常用 the clank of 引出声源。
We heard the clank of steel doors closing.
我们听到钢门关闭时发出的铿锵声。
叮当声；铿锵声
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
叮当声；铿锵声
a loud, harsh sound made when metal objects hit together; a loud resonant noise
We heard the clank of steel doors closing.
我们听到钢门关闭时发出的铿锵声。
金属碰撞发出的响亮刺耳声。
A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
响亮而重复的金属撞击声
a loud resonant repeating noise
The old engine made a loud clank before it stopped.
旧发动机在停止前发出了一声响亮的哐当声。
I heard the clank of metal pipes in the basement.
我听到地下室里金属管道的哐当声。
The heavy chain dropped with a dull clank.
沉重的链条掉落时发出沉闷的哐当声。
指金属碰撞发出的响亮声音，常用 the clank of 引出声源。
We heard the clank of steel doors closing.
我们听到钢门关闭时发出的铿锵声。
clank 是可数名词，指单次碰撞发出的声音。
A loud clank came from the engine room.
引擎室传来一声响亮的金属撞击声。
with a clank 用来描述动作伴随的金属撞击声。
The old gates shut with a clank.
旧大门哐当一声关上了。
Not this
The metal sheet made loud clank when it fell.
Use this
The metal sheet made a loud clank when it fell.
这里 clank 是可数名词单数，指一次金属撞击声，必须用 a 限定；受汉语没有冠词的影响，学习者常漏掉 a。
Not this
I could hear a clank sound from the radiator.
Use this
I could hear a clank from the radiator.
clank 本身就表示金属碰撞的响声，后面再加 sound 造成语义重复；去掉 sound 后句子更简洁自然。
Not this
The machine made many clank as it started up.
Use this
The machine made many clanks as it started up.
clank 是可数名词，many 后应用复数形式 clanks；这里要表示多声撞击声，不能用单数。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
响亮的叮当声
The old engine gave a loud clank.
那台旧发动机发出响亮的叮当声。
哐当一声
The cell door shut with a clank.
牢门哐当一声关上了。
金属的碰撞声
We heard the clank of metal in the yard.
我们听到院子里有金属碰撞声。
听到叮当声
Did you hear a clank in the engine?
你有没有听到发动机里有叮当声？
发出叮当声
The old radiator makes a clank every time it heats up.
旧暖气片每次发热时都会发出叮当声。
Use clank naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想“can(金属罐)+k”：金属罐相撞“咣当”一声 clank，铿锵刺耳。
语域：neutral 常见场景：机械碰撞、金属制品坠落 该词为中性词，通常用于描述金属相互撞击发出的响亮刺耳声，多出现在机械、工业场景或叙事描写中，文体上并无明显限制。
All six words end in -ank and rhyme with clank in /æŋk/. Beware of lookalikes: clang /klæŋ/, clan /klæn/, and clack /klæk/ look similar but have different final sounds and do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.