| 释义 |
▪ I. bong, n.1 U.S.|bɒŋ|
[Imitative.]
‘A deep resonant sound as of a bell’ (Webster 1934). Hence as v., to emit such a sound.
1924in Dialect Notes V. 263. 1936 Steinbeck In Dubious Battle vi. 94 The pump bonged with a deep, throaty voice. 1960V. Nabokov Invit. Beheading iv. 43 The merciless bong of the clock. 1961Steinbeck Winter of Discontent 181 The clock bell of the firehouse began bonging.
▪ II. bong, n.2 Mountaineering (orig. U.S.).|bɒŋ|
[? Echoic or var. of bung n.1]
A variety of large angle piton (see quots.). Also redupl. as bong-bong.
1965Mountaineering (ed. 2) xi. 171 Sizes [of pitons] vary from the tiny ‘crack-tack’ or ‘rurp’..to giant ‘bong-bong’ angle pitons... Bong-bongs up to 6 inches in width can be used in cracks too small for stemming. 1965A. Blackshaw Mountaineering (1968) ix. 252 Recently, hard steel hollow wedges (‘bongs’) have become available from America; these are more robust than wooden wedges, and are becoming generally used. 1968P. Crew Encycl. Dict. Mountaineering 27/1 Bong-bong, an American chrome-molybdenum piton, made with a U-shaped blade,..intended for use in wide cracks of 2{pp} and over. The name comes from the sound made by the bongs when knocked together. 1973C. Bonington Next Horizon xvi. 224 Rusty took six hours to lead the pitch, clearing away the loose sand, hammering in his bongs. 1976[see rurp]. 1979Clarke & Price Rock Climbing v. 81 When an angle piton is wider than 1½ in (37 mm) it is usually called a ‘bong’ and is available up to a width of 6 in (150 mm)... Bongs are quite often drilled out to reduce weight.
▪ III. bong, n.3 Chiefly U.S.|bɒŋ|
[ad. Thai baung, lit. ‘cylindrical wooden tube’.]
A kind of water-pipe used for smoking marijuana.
1971Marijuana Rev. Jan.–June 18 Many thanks to Scott Bennett..for the beautiful special bong he made for my pipe collection. 1975High Times Dec. 11/1 One hit of this weed produces creeping nirvana when smoked in a bong. 1977Rolling Stone 24 Mar. 81/2 (Advt.), Genuine bamboo bongs with removable bamboo bowls are wax lined and come in two sizes; the one-foot bong..and the two-foot bong. 1978N.Y. Times 30 Mar. b2/2 Bongs, looking like pot-bellied vases.., give the most concentrated ‘drag’ possible by channeling smoke and preventing its escape into the air. 1979Christian Science Monitor (Eastern ed.) 21 Nov. b1/1 Bongs, roach clips, coke spoons are as familiar as blue jeans to kids in the US today.
▪ IV. bong, bongle
obs. forms of bung, bungle, v.
▪ V. bong
var. bung a.2 |