| 释义 |
bang1 /bang/ noun- A heavy blow
- A sudden loud noise
- An explosion
- A thrill, burst of activity, sudden success (figurative)
- An act of sexual intercourse (slang)
- An injection of a drug (slang)
transitive verb- To beat
- To strike violently
- To slam (eg a door)
- To have sexual intercourse with (slang)
- To beat or surpass
intransitive verb- To make a loud noise
- To slam
- To inject a drug (slang)
- To dash, bounce (dialect)
adverb- With a bang
- Abruptly
- Absolutely (as in bang up-to-date, bang in the middle)
adjective Complete, total (used for emphasis, as in the whole bang lot) ORIGIN: ON banga to hammer; cf Ger Bengel a cudgel bangˈer noun - Something that bangs
- An explosive firework
- A decrepit old car (informal)
- A sausage (informal)
bangˈing adjective - Dealing blows
- Overwhelming, very great (informal)
- (also bangˈin’) great, very good (slang)
bangˈster noun (obs Scot) - A violent person
- A braggart
- A victor
bangˈ-up adjective (archaic sl) In the height of excellence or fashion bang goes (informal) That's the end of bang off (informal) Immediately bang on (informal) - Right on the mark
- To speak at length, esp assertively and repetitiously
bang one's head against a brick wall To waste one's time in unproductive effort bang out - To produce in a hurry (eg a piece of writing)
- Of printers, to mark someone's retirement or the end of someone's apprenticeship by banging tables, etc with mallets, etc
bang to rights - Orig, caught red-handed (criminal sl)
- Certainly, absolutely, no doubt (informal)
bang up (slang) - To imprison, specif to shut up in a cell
- To knock about, beat up (US)
Big Bang - The hypothetical explosion of a small dense mass which most scientists believe (the Big Bang theory) to have been the origin of the universe
- The changes in the system and rules of the British Stock Exchange instituted on 27 October 1986, in effect deregulating many of its practices and abolishing the distinction between jobbers and brokers
go with a bang To go well, be a success |