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单词 twangling
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twanglingadj.

Etymology: < twangle v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtwangling.
That twangles.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [adjective] > jingling or jangling
jingling1558
twangling1576
twangy1887
1576 A. Fleming tr. Nucillus in Panoplie Epist. 239 A tuneable sounde vpon twangling stringes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 158 While she did call me Rascall, Fidler, And twangling Iacke. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. ii. 140 Sometimes a thousand twangling Instruments Will hum about mine eares. View more context for this quotation
1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. IV. 59 Far less has it [sc. my life] allowed me leisure for such twangling follies.
1831 W. Scott Count Robert iii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 91 Some one..who could contribute to his pleasure, instead of a twangling squalling infant.
1867 Athenæum No. 2062. 587/2 Little twangling musical-box.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

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ˈtwangling
ˈtwangling n.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > jingle or jangle
jingling14..
jingle1600
twangling1607
jinga1657
jingle-jangle1694
twangle1812
ringle1828
1607 S. Hieron Abridgem. of Gospell in Wks. (1620) I. 104 Not the twangling of religion vpon the tongue, but the practise of holinesse in the life.
1825 W. Scott Betrothed v, in Tales Crusaders II. 102 Such twangling of harps as would be enough to frighten our walls from their foundations.
1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera I. vi. 17 He supposed David's ‘twangling upon the harp’ would have been unsatisfactory to modern taste.
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