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单词 twang
释义
twang1 nountwang2 verb
twangtwang1 /twæŋ/ noun [countable usually singular] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtwang
Origin:
1500-1600 From the sound
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a high-pitched Midwestern twang
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Cameron wanted to give him a computer, but Alexia prevailed and soon the house was full of twangs and scales again.
  • Mulcahey heard the twang of banjos, a chorus of voices.
  • Not a snap or a twang, but the hamstring had gone for the second time in successive matches.
  • That coppery twang on the emergency cord that hangs tight in his gut.
  • The wire parted with a twang.
  • Whether Southern drawl or Mid-West twang, it was all the same to me.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 a nasal twang
1a quality in the way someone speaks, produced when the air used to speak passes through their nose as well as their mouth:  a nasal twang Her voice had a slight Australian twang.2a quick ringing sound like the one made by pulling a very tight wire and then suddenly letting it go
twang1 nountwang2 verb
twangtwang2 verb [intransitive, transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
twang
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theytwang
he, she, ittwangs
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theytwanged
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave twanged
he, she, ithas twanged
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad twanged
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill twang
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have twanged
Continuous Form
PresentIam twanging
he, she, itis twanging
you, we, theyare twanging
PastI, he, she, itwas twanging
you, we, theywere twanging
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been twanging
he, she, ithas been twanging
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been twanging
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be twanging
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been twanging
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • The slightest movement caused them to twang and reverberate through the silent apartment.
if you twang something or if it twangs, it makes a quick ringing sound by being pulled and then suddenly let go:  She twanged the guitar strings.
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