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a hit, especially one that causes slight damage to a car, etc. Topics Transport by car or lorryc2(尤指造成汽车上的凹痕、划痕等的)一击 used to represent the sound made by a bell 叮当;丁零
Word Originnoun sense 2 early 17th cent.: imitative. noun sense 1 Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish dænge ‘beat, bang’.