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单词 prang
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prangn.1

Brit. /praŋ/, U.S. /præŋ/
Origin: A borrowing from Khmer. Etymon: Khmer praːŋ.
Etymology: < Khmer praːŋ tower.
In Cambodia and Thailand: a tall tower or spire, usually shaped approximately like a corncob, of a style characteristic of ancient Khmer architecture. Cf. chedi n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > high building
towerc897
steeplec1000
Babel1554
pile1573
Babel tower1588
castle1642
minar1665
skyscraper1883
scraper1928
prang1929
slab1952
high-rise1962
multi-storey1969
society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > tower or steeple > [noun] > spire
shaftc1450
steeple1473
broach1501
spire1596
broach-steeple1600
prang1929
1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law 271 (note) The spire of Wat Cheng at Bangkok, though a Phra Prang, is often called a Phra Chedi.]
1929 Washington Post 4 Aug. a9/2 To tourists it [sc. Wat Arun] is the Porcelain Temple, for its main tower and the four accompanying towers, or prangs, are decorated with innumerable pieces of broken dishes.
1951 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 41 190/1 In Louvo, monuments of Khmer influence, of the prang type—were becoming characteristic of a new school of Siamese art, called the School of Lahapuri, or Lophburi.
1982 Times 10 Apr. 5/2 The River of Kings, along which..the royal barge moves sedately toward Wat Arun, whose prangs and chedis..are silhouetted against the sky.
1992 Equinox Jan.–Feb. 82/3 The ornate but masculine architecture reflected in the prangs—blunt spires—of Wat Phra Keo and other temples.
2001 P. Gray & L. Ridout Rough Guide Thailand's Beaches & Islands 134 The Wat Arun that you see today is a classic prang structure of Ayutthayan style, built as a representation of Mount Meru, the home of the gods in Khmer mythology.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

prangn.2

Brit. /praŋ/, U.S. /præŋ/
Origin: Of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Related to prang v.; further etymology uncertain (see discussion at that entry).
slang.
1. Originally and chiefly R.A.F.
a. A crash or other accident in an aircraft; a crash landing.
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing > crash landing
hard landing1840
crash landing1928
prang1942
1942 Sun (Baltimore) 7 Apr. 20/8 American flyers in the RAF Eagle Squadrons have introduced a new decoration. ‘The Order of Prang’... ‘Prang’ is Eagle slang for crash.
1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 53 ‘P/O Prune’ is the title bestowed upon a pilot who has several ‘prangs’ on his record.
1985 Maclean's (Nexis) 23 Sept. 72 Housewives zonked on trying to remember the difference between Lebanon and Pretoria, the Christian Phalangists from the Druze, the Air-India prang from the JAL.
1992 Pilot July 53/2 Luckless pilots can claim unsightly forehead scars came from their reflector gunsights after a prang in the war.
b. A bombing mission or raid. Also figurative.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid
raid1908
bombing offensive1917
bombing raid1917
bomb-raid1917
bombing attack1942
prang1943
1943 Times 25 Aug. 4/4 I think it about the best ‘prang’ I have ever seen. When I got over the target I could see the smoke rising from the fires still burning in the western end of the city.
1946 G. Gibson Enemy Coast Ahead 105 I like high-level attacks..or else it must be the very low-level prang.
1958 Spectator 16 May 614/1 The Prime Minister was questioned about the RAF's wizard prang on the Government's defence policy.
1979 N. Slater Falcon ii. 36 Tell him about your wizard prangs in the war.
2. Chiefly British. An accident or collision involving a road vehicle; a car crash.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > collision or accident
car accident1834
street accident1835
accident1836
smash-up1856
car crash1877
car wreck1877
motor accident1910
wreck1912
crash1917
rollover1955
prang1959
shunt1959
1959 Sunday Times 1 Nov. 23/2 The grisly enormities of American stock-car racing, with an hysterical ghoul of a commentator who revelled in every prang.
1971 A. Diment Think Inc. ii. 26 Might have had a bad prang before they re-sprayed her.
1995 Private Eye 25 Aug. 6/2 Ian..is getting used to public transport following an unfortunate prang with another car in north London.
2001 J. Le Fanu They don't know what's Wrong vi. 108 My problem may be due to damage..following a slight prang in the car.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

prangv.

Brit. /praŋ/, U.S. /præŋ/
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps imitative. Compare prang n.2Derivation < Malay perang war has occasionally been suggested, but neither the sense nor the historical circumstances favour it.
slang.
1.
a. transitive. Originally and chiefly R.A.F. To crash or crash-land (an aircraft).
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (transitive)] > land > crash-land
pile1891
crash1915
to wash out1918
prang1941
1941 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) July 6/1 Do they give a grateful sigh and shut up shop when the last serviceable aircraft has been pranged against a hangar because its pilot would land towards obstacles?
1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral v. 107 After so many operations it was an acute personal grief to him that he had pranged his Wimpey.
1974 G. Chapman et al. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1989) II. xlii. 278 Bally Jerry pranged his kite right in the how's your father.
1995 Independent 3 Nov. 19/3 The aeroplane in which he flew was none other than the twin-engined jet that Prince Charles pranged on a tricky landing in the Scottish isles.
b. intransitive. Originally R.A.F. To crash or crash-land an aircraft; (of an aircraft) to crash. Also in extended use.
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (intransitive)] > land > make crash landing
pile1841
to come down1909
crash1912
crash-land1941
prang1943
1943 P. Brennan et al. Spitfires over Malta ii. 55 The upwind end of the landing-path was a maze of bomb-holes... I was too brassed off to worry whether I pranged or not.
1954 M. Stewart Madam, will you Talk? xviii. 142 Had you flown together for long? Not Really. It was fairly near the start of my third tour that I pranged.
1961 ‘J. Ross’ Last August iii. 31 A wasp was pranging against the window.
1993 Transition No. 60. 21 All Sebe's ethno-genetic flights of fancy pranged on takeoff.
2004 Grimsby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 24 July 20 As for the P38 long range fighter incident, he relates that it ‘pranged’ at 09.07 hours on July 5, 1944.
2. transitive. R.A.F. To bomb (a target) from the air; to shoot down (an enemy aircraft). Now chiefly historical.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > attack with aircraft [verb (transitive)] > drop (bombs) > bomb
bomb1909
prang1942
pickle1944
1942 Observer 4 Oct. 7/3 We stooged about a bit above our target..and then we pulled our fingers out, and pranged it.
1952 M. Tripp Faith is Windsock v. 87 The Lancs broke off sharply at the last moment to prang Neuss.
1982 F. Donaldson P. G. Wodehouse iii. xviii. 333 Some RAF pilots had attempted to ‘prang’ the Wodehouse villa at Le Touquet.
1988 Times (Nexis) 17 Sept. I pranged two Dorniers on my first sortie. Greatly satisfying.
3. transitive. Originally R.A.F. To break, smash; to damage, injure; to strike heavily. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] > forcibly or violently
beatOE
to run against ——a1425
smitec1450
quash1548
dash1611
kick1667
lashc1694
daud?1719
besmite1829
buck1861
tund1885
ram1897
prang1942
1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 1 Gremlins..run down the nose of the machine and tip you up and you prang a prop.
1942 J. Moore in Observer 4 Oct. 7/2 Now you talk..of pranging a date, meaning that you have left your popsy waiting outside the Unicorn while you continue to drink with the squadron in the Bull and Bush.
1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 53 Jones pranged his arm at rugger to-day.
1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 147 He pranged his leg against the bedstead.
1977 F. Parrish Fire in Barley x. 99 He was holding a pitchfork. ‘I thought I'd prang a rabbit.’
1995 New Yorker 7 Aug. 71/3 There was a new tear, with a smeary stain, in one knee of his trousers. ‘Pranged my leg,’ Burgess said.
4. transitive. To crash into or collide with; to crash (a vehicle); to damage (a vehicle) in an accident.
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the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] > cause to impinge > forcibly or violently
knocka1340
runa1425
rap1440
jowlc1470
dauda1572
sousea1593
bedash1609
bob1612
hit1639
bump1673
bebump1694
boup1715
bonk1929
prang1952
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (transitive)] > crash a vehicle
pile1932
prang1952
1952 E. F. Davies Illyrian Venture iii. 50 ‘What height would you like to be dropped at?’ ‘Would 800 feet suit you?’.. ‘I think I can manage that without pranging the mountain.’
1966 T. Wisdom High-performance Driving ix. 97 The driver may well have left his ‘flasher’ on many corners ago and is happily oblivious of the fact until you move off on his signal and ‘prang’ him.
1976 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Aug. 11/1 We had pranged a rock getting out of Oak Bay.
1997 J. Hawes Rancid Aluminium (1998) xxiv. 306 Please don't get stopped for speeding or prang her.

Derivatives

pranged adj.
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society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [adjective] > crashed
pranged1943
1943 Times 20 Apr. 4/1 We could follow their course by the wash of pranged aircraft in the drink.
1998 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 14 Aug. (Road section) 1 They own a specialist chain of garages which put back together the wrecks of their readers' pranged motors.
ˈpranging n. and adj.
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing > crash landing > crashing (aircraft)
crash1917
pranging1942
1942 Air News Oct. 4/1Pranging’, by the way, is a new R.A.F. expression which means smashing things up—including one's own aeroplane.
1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 May a19/5 Republicans would be foolish to think that pranging on takeoff is a purely British phenomenon.
1996 Independent 30 Aug. (24seven section) 2/4 The BMFA provides indemnity of £5m for individual clubs, a sum which should cover the damage caused by most pranging craft and accidental bombing raids.
2002 Sun (Nexis) 13 Dec. Deep Pain Thrombosis is a graphic compilation of some serious pranging and Road Test 02 highlights this year's best bikes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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