单词 | twanging |
释义 | twangingn. The action of twang v.1 in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > other resonant sounds > [noun] > of string twanga1556 twang1565 twingle-twangle1634 tang1669 twing twang1761 twanging1788 plunk1822 plunking1913 plung1952 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of stringed instrument twanga1556 twingle-twangle1634 fum-fum1656 trangdilloa1704 twing twang1761 twangdillo1762 twanging1831 tum-tum1859 string-tone1928 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 204 Brad-ford..Stile it I might Banberry of the North..Famous for twanging, Ale, Zeale, Cakes and Cheese. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xli. 505 (note) The twanging of the bow. 1831 T. Carlyle in Foreign Q. Rev. Oct. 366 Twanging of the true Poetic Lyre. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Kate i Kate hath an unbridled tongue, Clear as the twanging of a harp. 1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. 81 The loud twanging of an elderly gentleman's nose, who was fast asleep. 1904 19th Cent. Apr. 633 The drawn, nasal twangings of the Samisen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019). twangingadj. a. That twangs, in senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > other resonant sounds > [adjective] > of string twanging1567 wiry1819 plunking1907 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Avijv With the twanginge instrumente The singers voyce did matche. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 348 To show An Archer's Art, and boast his twanging Bow. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 1 Hark! 'tis the twanging horn. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. vii. 69 The sharp twanging snap of a cord. 1905 ‘G. Thorne’ Lost Cause xi The twanging accent of the United States, the guttural German, the purring, spitting Russian. 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Jonson Epicœne v. iii, in Wks. I. 590 O, 'twill be full and twanging ! View more context for this quotation Derivatives ˈtwangingly adv. in a twanging manner, with a twang; figurative successfully, with éclat (archaic). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adverb] brightOE shilla1250 shillya1400 sonorously1595 resoundingly1611 canorously1680 resonantly1685 sonoriferously1693 soundingly1697 twangingly1825 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adverb] > very roaringly1657 flyingly1741 swimmingly1824 twangingly1825 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > other resonant sounds > [adverb] > of string tang1812 twangingly1825 plunkety-plunk1884 1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 22 Dec. (1939) 53 I wrote six of my close pages [of the Life of Napoleon] yesterd[ay]..I think it comes off twangingly. The story is so very interesting in itself. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xiii, in Tales Crusaders IV. 277 I like these rattling rolling Alexandrines—methinks they come more twangingly off to the music than that briefer measure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < |
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