| 单词 | shebang |
| 释义 | shebang (once / 33578 pages) n A shebang is a thing or a group, used in the phrase "the whole shebang." When your teacher says the test will cover the whole shebang, she means everything you've studied is fair game. The informal phrase"the whole shebang" means "everything," which you could also call "the whole ball of wax" or "the whole enchilada." Shebang is an American word, first used by Civil War soldiers (and the poet Walt Whitman) to mean "rustic dwelling" or "hut." In 1872, Mark Twain used shebang to mean "vehicle," but that same year it appeared in a newspaper with its current meaning, in the first known use of "the whole shebang." WORD FAMILYshebang: shebangs USAGE EXAMPLESThe next day, the whole shebang was open to the public. Seattle Times(Sep 16, 2016) Apple trained us to think that every two years we’d be dazzled by a whole new shebang. Wall Street Journal(Sep 13, 2016) “Some people would go through this whole shebang and act like they want to buy the product.” Wall Street Journal(Aug 30, 2016) n an entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang' Hyper scheme, system a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole |
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