jangled v. (使)发出金属撞击声;(使)烦躁不安(jangle 的过去式及过去分词)
- The noise jangled my nerves.
那噪音刺激我的神经。 - Her bead necklaces and bracelets jangled as she walked.
她的珠子项链和手镯在她走动时叮当作响。 - It is so short and jumbled and jangled, Sam, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre.
书不长,杂乱无章,胡言乱语,山姆,因为关于一场屠杀没有什么顺乎理智的话可说。
Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jangled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Jangling}.] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail,
quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken,
to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.]
1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
``Thou janglest as a jay.'' --Chaucer.
3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree.
--Shak.
Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an
unmelodious manner. --Carlyle.