clanger

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈklæŋ.ə(ɹ)/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that clangs; an alarm bell (also figuratively).
    — The front and patio doors are bugged. When you open one a contact breaks and off goes the clanger.
  2. Short for Bedfordshire clanger. abbreviation,alt-of
  3. The clapper of a bell, anything that strikes a bell or other metal object to make a ringing sound.
    — I dismounted and walked over to Pelleas. “You may remember me, my Lord,” I said. “You once made me a knife from a bell clanger. I am Morgan, Queen of Galloway.”
  4. A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,informal
    — In his speech, the best man got the bride's name wrong. What a clanger!
  5. A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against". Australia
    — Geelong could not get their running game going and lapsed into clanger after clanger.
  6. An early hi-hat consisting of cymbals mounted on the rim of a bass drum and struck with an arm on the drum's pedal.
  7. A cicada, Psaltoda claripennis, of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body of green and brown and clear wings with green veins. Australia

词形变化

clangers plural clangers plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English clang
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English clanger
From clang (“loud ringing sound”) + -er.
词源 2
Shortening of Bedfordshire clanger.
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