twang

英 [twæŋ] 美 [twæŋ]

• n. 弦声；砰然一声；鼻音
• v. 砰然响声；使发出拨弦声；带鼻音讲话

英英释义

Noun:

1. a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)

2. exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)

Verb:

1. cause to sound with a twang;

   "He twanged the guitar string"
   

2. sound with a twang;

   "the bowstring was twanging"
   

3. twitch or throb with pain

4. pluck (strings of an instrument);

   "He twanged his bow"
   

5. pronounce with a nasal twang

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Hearing the twang of the bowstring, it assumed that it was doomed
   它一听到我拉开弓弦的声响，就惊慌得支持不住。
2. Suddenly he heard a faint twang.
   突然，他听到一下轻微的“铛”声。
3. She had a slight Australian twang.
   她说话稍微有点澳大利亚口音。
4. The words came out with an Irish twang to them.
   话里带有爱尔兰音。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The bow twanged and the arrow whistled through the air.
   那张弓发出“崩”的一声,箭随之呼啸而去。
2. Someone was twanging a guitar in the next room.
   隔壁有人弹著吉他。

经典引文

• The sprightly twang of the melodious Lute.

  出自： F. Quarles

• She heard..the twang of the springs on the sofa.

  出自： A. S. Byatt

• His bow twanged, and his arrows rattled as they flew.

  出自： Dryden

• The musicians were still there,..scraping and twanging away.

  出自： R. H. Dana

近反义词

【近义词】

• reverberate 回响
• vibrate (使)振动
• ping 砰
• plunk （使）发声...
• accent 重音
• drawl 拖长声调说话...
• intonation 语调
• inflection 屈曲
• resonance 共鸣
• nasal twang 鼻化音