| 单词 | twang goes the bow |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwang goes the bow a. A vocal imitation of the resonant sound produced when a tense string is sharply plucked or suddenly released; used as interjection or adverb, e.g. to cry twang, twang goes the bow. Also extended, †twangledom twang (obsolete). Cf. tang n.2 b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > other resonant sounds > [noun] > of string twanga1556 twang1565 twingle-twangle1634 tang1669 twing twang1761 twanging1788 plunk1822 plunking1913 plung1952 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of stringed instrument twanga1556 twingle-twangle1634 fum-fum1656 trangdilloa1704 twing twang1761 twangdillo1762 twanging1831 tum-tum1859 string-tone1928 a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) ii. i. sig. C.iij Then vp to our lute at midnight, twangledome twang, Then twang with our sonets, and twang with our dumps. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. L2 v He..made Powles Church-yard resound or crie twang againe with foure notable famous Letters. 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. F Ile fill your bellies with good cheare til they crie twang. c1720 M. Prior Advice of Venus 4 Twang goes the bow, my Girls, have at your hearts. a1741 Robin Hood & Ranger ix, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 153/1 He made his broad weapon cry twang. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet II. iv. 80 Twang, twang, twang, went the fiddles. < as lemmas |
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