sth tings
不及物用法:主语是发出声音的物体本身,而不是敲铃的人。
The brass bell tings sharply whenever a customer walks in.
每当有顾客走进来,那口铜铃就发出尖锐的叮当声。
发出清脆的叮当声
tings — third person singular of ting
发出小铃般的尖锐高音。;(使)发叮叮声
to make a high, sharp ringing sound like a small bell being struck
发出小铃般的尖锐高音。
To make a high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.
一般现在时
The bell tings softly.
铃铛轻轻叮当作响。
一般过去时
The bell tinged loudly.
铃铛大声地叮当响了。
现在进行时
The bell is tinging now.
铃铛正在叮当作响。
规则动词,过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The glass tinged softly when I tapped it with my spoon.
当我用勺子轻敲玻璃杯时,它发出清脆的叮当声。
用法提示:tinged 是 ting 的过去式,表示玻璃杯发出清脆的叮当声。
I heard a small bell tinging somewhere in the quiet room.
我听到安静的房间里某个地方有只小铃铛在叮当作响。
用法提示:tinging 是 ting 的现在分词,表示铃声正在持续发出。
Every time the metal wind chime tings, the cat looks up.
每当金属风铃发出叮当声,猫就会抬起头来。
用法提示:tings 是 ting 的第三人称单数形式,表示一般现在时的习惯性动作。
不及物用法:主语是发出声音的物体本身,而不是敲铃的人。
The brass bell tings sharply whenever a customer walks in.
每当有顾客走进来,那口铜铃就发出尖锐的叮当声。
常与说明声音强弱的副词连用,如 softly、sharply、faintly。
Somewhere in the next room a small bell tinged softly.
隔壁房间的某个地方,一只小铃铛轻轻地叮当作响。
hear、see 等感官动词后可接不带 to 的不定式 ting,表示听见声音发生的整个过程。
From the hallway I heard the bell ting once.
我听到走廊里铃铛清脆地响了一声。
grammar · medium
易错句子Yesterday the little bell ting loudly in the quiet room.
正确表达Yesterday the little bell tinged loudly in the quiet room.
英语句子有明确的过去时间 yesterday 时,谓语要用过去式;ting 的过去式是 tinged。汉语只靠“昨天”表示过去,动词不变,所以容易漏掉 -ed。
grammar · medium
易错句子The little bell ting every hour.
正确表达The little bell tings every hour.
一般现在时表示习惯性动作,主语 the little bell 是第三人称单数,动词要加 -s 变成 tings;汉语没有主谓一致,容易漏掉 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子The ting bell woke the baby.
正确表达The tinging bell woke the baby.
动词原形不能直接放在名词前作定语;表示“正在发出叮当声的铃”要用现在分词 tinging 作定语。汉语“叮当的铃”没有词形变化,容易把原形 ting 直接当形容词用。
ting 表示“发出清脆尖细的铃声”;tinge 表示“使某物略带颜色或气息”。两者过去式都是 tinged,只能靠宾语和语境区分:宾语是声音类名词时多为 ting,是颜色、情绪类名词时则为 tinge。
ding 也是拟声动词,但多指单调、反复的“叮”声,常与铃铛、微波炉、电梯提示音搭配;ting 只描写像小铃被敲击时那一下清脆、尖细的高音,更书面也更少见。
ring 是“铃响”的通用动词,声音可大可小、可长可短,也指电话铃响;ting 只形容清脆尖细的一小声,适用范围窄,日常说铃响通常用 ring。
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