A clunk is a low, heavy sound — two hard things meeting, not a ring and not the crash of glass. A car door that does not close quite right; a mug set down too hard on a wooden table; a tool dropped on the floor. The sound is dull and short.

A clunk is a low, heavy soundclunk 是一種低沉、厚重的聲音 — two hard things meeting是兩個硬物碰在一起的聲音，not a ring and not the crash of glass不是清脆的鈴聲，也不是玻璃破碎的聲音。A car door that does not close quite right關不太緊的車門；a mug set down too hard on a wooden table馬克杯太用力放在木桌上；a tool dropped on the floor工具掉在地上。The sound is dull and short這個聲音悶而短

People also use clunk as a verb: the door clunked shut. It is informal, and you write it when you want the reader to hear the noise.

People also use clunk as a verb人們也把 clunk 當動詞用：the door clunked shut門「匡啷」一聲關上了。It is informal這是個非正式的字，and you write it when you want the reader to hear the noise你想讓讀者「聽到」那個聲音時就會寫它

English made the word because it sounds like the thing it names; it does not split into smaller meaning-pieces. Clunky (awkward, heavy, badly made) grew from the same dull, heavy feel, though that is about how something sits in the world, not only the noise.

English made the word because it sounds like the thing it names英語造出這個字是因為它的聲音就像它所指的東西；it does not split into smaller meaning-pieces它不能拆成更小的意義單位。Clunky (awkward, heavy, badly made)clunky（笨重、彆扭、做得不好） grew from the same dull, heavy feel就是從這種悶重的感覺長出來的，though that is about how something sits in the world不過那講的是一個東西給人的整體感覺，not only the noise而不只是聲音