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单词 twang
释义 twang
I. \ˈtwaŋ, -aiŋ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: imitative
1. : a harsh quick ringing sound like that of a plucked bowstring
 < could hear the twang and slam of a screen door — Laurence Critchell >
2.
 a. : nasal speech or resonance — called also nasal twang
  < the twang of the backwoods journalist — Ben Crisler >
 b. : the characteristic speech of a region, locality, or group of people
  < a cockney twang >
  < the twang of native speech — Hersteinn Palsson >
  < a good clean American twang — D.C.Peattie >
3.
 a. : an act of plucking or twitching : a sharp picking or pulling
 b. : pang, twinge
  < feel twangs of conscience — R.L.Neuberger >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to give forth the quick harsh ringing sound of or as if of the plucked string of a bow or a musical instrument
  < the bow twanged and the arrow shot across — T.B.Costain >
  < the fence gate twanged — Elizabeth Bowen >
 b. : to produce a twanging sound by or as if by plucking a stringed musical instrument
  < twanged away at his guitar >
2. : to speak or sound with a nasal intonation
 < the voices of the card players came twanging up the stairwell — Jean Stafford >
3. : to vibrate, throb, or twitch with or as if with pain or tension
 < a blistered heel, a twanging tendon — D.R.Brower >
 < their eyeballs danced and their muscles twangedEnglish Digest >
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to cause to sound with a twang : pluck the strings of
  < encouraged them to twang lutes, scrape fiddles and burst into humorous song — John Blofeld >
 b. : to play (music) by plucking a stringed instrument : pick or beat out (a tune)
  < banjo players twanged music for a breakdown — American Guide Series: Florida >
2. : to utter or pronounce with a nasal twang
 < the high timbre with which he twanged out his cynicisms — Josephine Pinckney >
3.
 a. : to pluck the string of (a bow)
  < twanged his bow >
 b. : to discharge (an arrow) from a bow
  < twanged off an arrow that missed the deer >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: alteration (influenced by twang) (I) of tang
1. : a persisting flavor, taste, or odor : taint, tang
 < butter left uncovered in a refrigerator readily takes on a twang from other foods >
2. : note, suggestion, trace
 < likes a sporty twang about his apparel — advt >
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