单词 | bang on |
释义 | > as lemmasto bang on c. intransitive. British (depreciative). to bang on: to talk at length, and in a repetitive or boring manner, esp. about one's personal interests or concerns; to hold forth or expound tediously.Cf. earlier banging on n. at banging n.1 Additions. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > drone drone?a1513 to bang on1979 1979 Economist 6 Oct. 31/1 Mr. Patrick Jenkin—Social Services... In cabinet tries hard but is inclined to bang on a bit. 1983 Times 1 Dec. 13/6 The dispossessed Stuarts were always banging on about their bad luck. 1993 Guardian 23 Oct. (Skiing Suppl.) 3/2 Then you have to stand around for hours afterwards, smiling vaguely as people bang on about perfect S-turns. 2000 J. Goodwin Danny Boy v. 106 The crumbling walls were pasted with flyers for toss-awful local bands and various posters defending the right to party, asking for the legalization of cannabis and banging on about single mothers and the SWP. bang on b. bang on, exactly on. (Cf. quot. 1832 at bang v.1 8a) Used as adj., exactly right, extremely apposite, excellent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [preposition] > exactly bang on1936 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > apt or apposite happya1400 germanea1525 conferent?1541 well-applieda1586 nicking1598 apt1600 punctual1609 apposite1621 collineant1638 pat1647 apropos1691 felicitous1789 treffend1850 bang on1936 1936 Punch 22 Apr. 461/3 ‘Quiet garden square near Hyde Park. Real hot water. Bang on Tubes.’ Newspaper Advt. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 12 Bang on, bomber slang for ‘O.K.’ or ‘Everything's all right’. 1945 E. Partridge Dict. R.A.F. Slang 14 Bang on!, All right! Correct! In Bomber Command: from a bomb dropped bang on (exactly on) the target. 1945 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake (new ed.) 12 Bang-on, perfect, excellent. 1948 E. Pound Pisan Cantos lxxx. 82 And he dumped all his old stock of calicos plumb bang on the germans. 1958 Times 4 Jan. 6/1 ‘Steering by the sun from earlier fixes we came bang on the base,’ Sir Edmund Hillary reported. 1958 Spectator 14 Feb. 210/3 As a realistic tale of low life in London, it is bang on. 1958 Oxf. Mag. 27 Feb. 324/2 It [sc. a play] has enough quality and sense of the theatre to suggest that before long he will land one bang on the target. 1958 J. Wain Contenders 6 I'd been to Brighton for a holiday, and I thought it was bang-on. < as lemmas |
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