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单词 gong
释义

gong

/ɡɒŋ /
noun
1A metal disc with a turned rim, giving a resonant note when struck.In the orchestra, I am thinking of using a certain number of brass and also metallic percussion: tubular bells, gongs, tam-tam, etc....
  • A variety of groups in the Hull area will be able to use the Gamelan - a set of chimes, gongs and tuned metal bars made in Java - being purchased by the city council with the help of a £9,000 award.
  • At once, the diminutive Goblin leapt off the platform and struck a gong, signalling the beginning of the final battle.
2British informal A medal or award.It's the best ten minute boost to female self-esteem ever invented, and I'd be the first to award Heat a gong honouring their services to womankind....
  • Several other borough residents were awarded gongs in the New Year's honours.
  • A record number of nominations have flooded in for the York Tourism Awards - but there is still time for you to make your selection before the gongs are finally awarded at an Oscars-style ceremony.
verb [no object]
Sound a gong or make a sound like that of a gong being struck.Check out these 80 musicians from China who'll be gonging, cymbaling and bamboo-fluting their way through a performance at Penn's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology....
  • It was wonderfully meditative, and as I sat there cross-legged, gonging away and soaking up the mystical reverberations, I got to thinking.
  • Suddenly a bell gonged loudly through the palace.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Malay gong, gung, of imitative origin.

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