ティンク
解説 Definition
（まれ・古風）小さな物が金属に当たったときなどに生じる、短く軽い「チン、チリン」という音。
A tink is a light, sharp, ringing sound, especially one produced when a small metal object is struck. The noun is rare or archaic in modern English and is mainly encountered in older or deliberately sound-imitative writing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
tink は今ではまれな語で、小さな金属片を軽く打ったときの「チン、カン」という短く高い音を表す名詞です。金属音を表す ting や、音が続く tinkle と並べると覚えやすく、tink は一回の軽い響きを思い浮かべます。人や妖精の名として使われる Tink とは大文字・文脈で区別します。
Picture a tiny metal object being tapped once and producing a brief, high “tink.” The word is sound-imitative, so its pronunciation closely suggests the noise it names. Compare it with ting, another short metallic sound, and tinkle, which usually suggests a continuing series of light ringing notes. Tink is now rare or archaic, so you are more likely to meet it in older writing or expressive descriptions than in everyday conversation. A capitalized Tink may instead be a nickname or character name, depending on context.
例文
A faint tink came from the metal cup.
金属のカップから、かすかなチンという音がした。
We heard the tink of a spoon against the glass.
スプーンがグラスに当たるチリンという音が聞こえた。
tink の類義語・関連語
tink の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中英語 tinken（軽い金属音を立てる）に由来する擬音語。ting や tinkle と同じ音象徴的な語群に属する。金属修理職人を表す tinker と関連付ける説もあるが、tinker 自体の語源は確定しておらず、同根とは断定できない。
Tink is an imitative word representing a light metallic ringing sound. It is connected with Middle English forms such as tinken, meaning to make a small ringing noise, and belongs to the same sound-symbolic group as ting and tinkle. It has also been associated historically with tinker, the name for a traveling metal repairer whose work involved tapping metal, although the exact development among these related forms is complex.
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