单词 | twang |
释义 | twang I. 1. < could hear the twang and slam of a screen door — Laurence Critchell > 2. a. < the twang of the backwoods journalist — Ben Crisler > b. < a cockney twang > < the twang of native speech — Hersteinn Palsson > < a good clean American twang — D.C.Peattie > 3. a. b. < feel twangs of conscience — R.L.Neuberger > II. intransitive verb 1. a. < the bow twanged and the arrow shot across — T.B.Costain > < the fence gate twanged — Elizabeth Bowen > b. < twanged away at his guitar > 2. < the voices of the card players came twanging up the stairwell — Jean Stafford > 3. < a blistered heel, a twanging tendon — D.R.Brower > < their eyeballs danced and their muscles twanged — English Digest > transitive verb 1. a. < encouraged them to twang lutes, scrape fiddles and burst into humorous song — John Blofeld > b. < banjo players twanged music for a breakdown — American Guide Series: Florida > 2. < the high timbre with which he twanged out his cynicisms — Josephine Pinckney > 3. a. < twanged his bow > b. < twanged off an arrow that missed the deer > III. 1. < butter left uncovered in a refrigerator readily takes on a twang from other foods > 2. < likes a sporty twang about his apparel — advt > |
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