English Dictionary

clanger

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈklæŋ.ə(ɹ)/

名詞

オーストラリア英語 イギリス英語 くだけた表現

Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively). / The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.

日本語の意味

鐘の内側に取り付けられ、鐘を鳴らすために打撃を与える部分。 / 金属が打たれて発生する鳴り響く音、またはその音を警報や注意喚起として捉える場合の意味。

The clanger in the old clock tower finally came loose and struck the bell, sending a long, echoing clang across the square.

古い時計塔の鐘の撞木がついに外れて鐘を打ち、広場に長く反響するガランという音を響かせた。

意味（1）

Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively).

The front and patio doors are bugged. When you open one a contact breaks and off goes the clanger.

意味（2）

The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.

I dismounted and walked over to Pelleas. “You may remember me, my Lord,” I said. “You once made me a knife from a bell clanger. I am Morgan, Queen of Galloway.”

意味（3）

(chiefly UK, Australia, informal, often in the phrase drop a clanger) A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.

In his speech, the best man got the bride's name wrong. What a clanger!

意味（4）

(Australia, Australian rules football) A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".

Geelong could not get their running game going and lapsed into clanger after clanger.

意味（5）

An early hi-hat consisting of cymbals mounted on the rim of a bass drum and struck with an arm on the drum's pedal.

意味（6）

(Australia, entomology) A cicada, Psaltoda claripennis, of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body of green and brown and clear wings with green veins.

clangers （ plural ）