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单词 bang
释义 bang
I. \ˈbaŋ, -aiŋ\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic banga to hammer, Old Swedish banga; probably of imitative origin like Old Norse bang hammering, Middle High German bungen to drum
transitive verb
1. archaic : to beat soundly (as with a cudgel) : thrash
2. : to strike against : bump
 < fall and bang one's knee >
3. : to knock (an object) a distance with noisy vigor
 < banged a homer over the center-field bleachers >
4.
 a. : to thrust, put, push, or force vigorously often with a sharp noise
  < bang a book down >
  < bang a receiver up >
  < the driver banged in the clutch — G.A.Wagner >
 b. : to copulate with — usually considered vulgar
5. : to produce a resounding report or series of reports by striking
 < bang a drum >
 < don't bang the door >
 < bang a gavel >
6.
 a. : to treat roughly or carelessly
  < packages badly banged around by the post office >
  : mistreat so as to leave dents, bruises, or other signs of damage
  < bang furniture >
 b. : to cause extensive damage to : ruin — used with up
  < banged up his car >
7. chiefly dialect : beat, surpass, outdo
 < don't it just bang anything you ever heard of — Mark Twain >
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to strike with a sharp noise
  < the falling chair banged against the wall >
  < the door banged shut >
 b. : to strike repeatedly
  < buckles of his helmet straps banging against his cheeks — K.M.Dodson >
  : beat or thump with a resounding series of blows
  < bang on a door >
2. : to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive noise or series of such noises
 < drums thumped, crackers banged, horns screamed — John Blofeld >
 < a brass band banging away on the village green >
3.
 a. : to move or proceed rapidly or noisily : dash, rush
  < we grab our coats and bang down the stairs >
  < a train banging along down the valley >
 b. : to go from one thing to another : frequent a place without definite or sustained purpose — used with about or around
  < in 1923, when I was banging around Madison Avenue — William Benton >
4. : to shoot especially in a sporadic or desultory manner — usually used with away
 < the town got out its shotguns … and banged away at the flock going over — Paul Annixter >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin, akin to Old Norse bang hammering
1. : a resounding blow : thump, whack
 < gave the ball a terrific bang >
 < a bang on the head >
2.
 a. : a sudden loud noise
  < closed the door with a bang >
  < the bang of a rifle >
  — often used interjectionally
  < saw flashes and heard an automatic go bang — Erle Stanley Gardner >
 b. : earsplitting noise often of a metallic quality
  < the deafening clang and bang of a … boiler factory — Lamp >
  < they played with a virile blare and bang — S.H.Adams >
3. : sudden emotional pleasure : thrill
 < the kind that will try anything once — for the bang of it — J.P.Marquand >
— often used with get or give
 < I get a bang out of all this — W.H.Whyte >
 < Jean looked very beautiful and it gave him a bang to be with her — Frederic Wakeman >
4.
 a. : a sudden or abrupt burst of showiness, brilliancy, or éclat
  < you've got to have a press campaign. Not a big one, necessarily, after the first big bang — Dorothy Sayers >
 b. : sudden effectiveness or success
  < went over with a bang >
5.
 a. : emotional or physical vitality
  < no bang left in him >
 b. : a quick burst of energy or activity
  < start off with a bang >
  : sudden fervor
  < fell for her with a bang >
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to cut (the hair) in a bang
2. : to cut (the hair of an animal) like a bang
 < bang a horse's tail >
IV. adverb
: right, directly, exactly
 < bang on time >
 < married bang in the middle of the war >
 < ran bang up against more trouble >
 < open spaces … bang on top of old colliery workings — Sam Pollock >
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably back-formation from bangtail short tail — more at bangtail
: the front hair or a section of it cut short and worn straight or curled over the forehead — usually used in plural
VI. noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
1. : a common sardine (Sardinella anchovia) of the western Atlantic especially abundant in the Caribbean area
2. : alewife
VII.
variant of bhang
VIII. noun
(-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Sanskrit Vaṅga Bengal
1. : an ancient people of Bengal, India, differing racially and culturally from the Aryans whose literature refers to them disdainfully
2. : a member of the Bang people
IX. noun
also bang for one's buck

- bang for the buck
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