jangling adj. 吵闹的
- The fire-alarm kept jangling (away).
报警器正发出火警警报。 - Other demons are jangling America's nerves.
其他噩梦般的事情也在刺激着美国的神经。 - Nerves are also jangling in the capital markets.
资本市场的紧张论调同样不绝于耳。
jangling[ adj ]
like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together
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cowboys with jangling spurs
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.
Jangling \Jan"gling\, a.
Producing discordant sounds. ``A jangling noise.'' --Milton.
Jangling \Jan"gling\, n.
1. Idle babbling; vain disputation.
From which some, having swerved, have turned aside
unto vain jangling. --1 Tim. i. 6.
2. Wrangling; altercation. --Lamb.