| 单词 | bang |
| 释义 | bang (bæŋ ) Word forms: bangs , banging , banged 1. countable noun B2 A bang is a sudden loud noise such as the noise of an explosion. I heard four or five loud bangs. She slammed the door with a bang. The television went bang. Synonyms: explosion, report, shot, pop 2. verb B2 If something bangs, it makes a sudden loud noise, once or several times. The engine spat and banged. [VERB] Synonyms: resound, beat, crash, burst 3. verb B2 If you bang a door or if it bangs, it closes suddenly with a loud noise. ...the sound of doors banging. [VERB] All up and down the street the windows bang shut. [VERB adjective] The wind banged a door somewhere. [VERB noun] Synonyms: slam, crash, thump 4. verb B2 If you bang on something or if you bang it, you hit it hard, making a loud noise. We could bang on the desks and shout till they let us out. [VERB + on] There is no point in shouting or banging the table. [VERB noun] Synonyms: hit, pound, beat, strike 5. verb B2 If you bang something on something or if you bang it down, you quickly and violently put it on a surface, because you are angry. She banged his dinner on the table. [VERB noun preposition] He banged down the telephone. [VERB noun with adverb] 6. verb If you bang a part of your body, you accidentally knock it against something and hurt yourself. She'd fainted and banged her head. [VERB noun] He hurried into the hall, banging his shin against a chair in the darkness. [V n + against/on] Bang is also a noun. ...a nasty bang on the head. 7. verb If you bang into something or someone, you bump or knock them hard, usually because you are not looking where you are going. I didn't mean to bang into you. [VERB into noun] Various men kept banging into me in the narrow corridor. [VERB + into] Synonyms: bump, knock, elbow, jostle 8. plural noun Bangs are hair which is cut so that it hangs over your forehead. [US] My bangs were cut short, but the rest of my hair was long. 9. adverb You can use bang to emphasize expressions that indicate an exact position or an exact time. [emphasis] ...bang in the middle of the track. For once you leave bang on time for work. Synonyms: exactly, just, straight, square 10. See also big bang theory 11. bang goes sth phrase If you say bang goes something, you mean that it is now obvious that it cannot succeed or be achieved. There will be more work to do, not less. Bang goes the fantasy of retirement at 35. 12. with a bang phrase If something begins or ends with a bang, it begins or ends with a lot of energy, enthusiasm, or success. Her career began with a bang in 1986. Synonyms: suddenly 13. to bang your head against a brick wall phrase [usually cont] If you say that you are banging your head against a wall, you are emphasizing that you are frustrated because someone is stopping you from making progress in something. [informal, emphasis] I appealed for help but felt I was always banging my head against a wall. I wondered if I was banging my head against a brick wall. 14. to bang two peoples' heads together phrase [VERB inflects] If you bang peoples' heads together or knock their heads together, you tell them off severely for doing something wrong or for not doing something they were asked to do. [mainly British] It is now high time he banged his colleagues' heads together. Phrasal verbs: bang on about phrasal verb [no passive] If someone bangs on about something, they keep talking about it in a boring or annoying way. [British, informal] He has been banging on about education reform for years. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] bang out 1. phrasal verb If a company bangs out a poor quality product, they produce large quantities of it in order to make money. [disapproval] ...factories that banged out the same product year after year. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 2. phrasal verb If someone bangs out a tune on a musical instrument such as a piano, they play it loudly and not very well. You don't have to be a Rubinstein to enjoy banging out a tune on the piano. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] bang up phrasal verb [usually passive] When a prisoner is banged up, they are put in prison and locked in a cell. [British, informal] You become a rebel if you are banged up in a cell 23 hours a day. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] Idioms: bang the drum for something or someone to support something or someone strongly and publicly The trade secretary is banging the drum for British industry. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers not with a bang but a whimper if something happens not with a bang but a whimper, it is less effective or exciting than people expected or intended The festival finished yesterday not with a bang but a whimper, as thousands of disappointed festival-goers left early. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers more bang for your buck a bigger quantity or better quality of something for the same amount of money With this program you get more bang for your buck. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers bang goes something [mainly British] said to mean that it is now obvious that something cannot succeed or be achieved Bang goes his influence, maybe his job, if the two countries reach a real understanding. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers bang to rights having enough evidence against someone to accuse them of a crime and to prove that they are guilty You've got your man – got him bang to rights – evidence, witnesses, the lot. showing a good understanding of someone and describing them accurately I read Matthew Sura's piece on you last month and I thought he got you bang to rights. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 巨响, 重击 Japanese: 砲声, バンと打つ |
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