英和和英

発音

• (without æ-raising) IPA: /ˈklæŋk/, [ˈkʰl̥æŋk]
• (æ-raising)
  • (米国発音, Canada) IPA: /ˈkleɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈkʰl̥eɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈklɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈkʰl̥ɛ̃ŋk]
• 韻: -æŋk
• ハイフネーション: clank

名詞

clank (plural clanks)

1. A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
2. (derogatory, humorous) Synonym of clanker (“a robot or artificial intelligence”).
   • 2001 February, Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio, Girl Genius‎, number 1, Seattle, Wash.: Studio Foglio, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 September 2001, page 6:

     [NO] CLANKS ⇨

   • 2009, Daniel Robinson, “Robo-Gambit”, in Flommy the Robot, Part One: Attack of the Robot Planet, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 13:

     [S]he […] finds herself surrounded by three rather repulsive young males. Even in her fear, her curves are noteworthy. “What do you want?” she cries. “Are you a clank, baby?”

   • 2009 July 15, Wayne Throop, “Is Superman Damaged Goods?”, in rec.arts.sf.written‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 July 2026:

     Well, even on earth (depending on the continuity) he's been up against evil clones and/or tinkered clones of himself, or pseudo-Krypotonian constructs or clanks.

使用する際の注意点

• Clank usually expresses a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.

派生語

• clankless
• clanky

動詞

clank (third-person singular simple present clanks, present participle clanking, simple past and past participle clanked)

1. (intransitive) To make a clanking sound

   The chains clanked.

   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 7:

     Slung from his shoulders clanks a two-handed sword, the pommel a huge star-ruby carven in the image of a heart, for the heart is his sign and symbol.

   • 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:

     Far less straightforward was what happened at about 0130 on Friday June 2 1944, as a long goods train was chuffing and clanking its unhurried way across the darkened landscape towards Soham, from Ely.

2. (transitive) To cause to sound with a clank.

   The prisoners clank their chains.

派生語