spang

名词 n. 动词 v. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shiny ornament or object; a spangle obsolete
    — With glittering spangs that did like starres appeare.
  2. A bound or spring; a leap. Scotland
    — Set roast-beef and pudding on the opposite side o' the pit o' Tophet, and an Englishman will mak a spang at it—[…]
  3. A span. Scotland
动词 v.
  1. To set with bright points: star or spangle.
  2. Of a flying object (such as a bullet), To strike or ricochet with a loud report. intransitive
    — Occasional bullets buzzed in the air and spanged into tree trunks.
  3. To leap; spring. Scotland,UK,dialectal,intransitive
    — a. 1758, Allan Ramsay, epistle to Robert Yarde But when they spang o'er reason's fence, / We smart for't at our own expense.
  4. To hitch; fasten.
  5. To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence. Scotland,UK,dialectal,transitive
副词 adv.
  1. Suddenly; slap, smack. dated,not-comparable
    — And I didn't stop until I found myself spang in the middle of the Musée de Cluny, clutching the rack.

词形变化

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词源

词源 1
From Middle English spang (“a small piece of ornamental metal; spangle; small ornament; a bowl or cup”), likely from Middle Dutch spange (“buckle, clasp”) or Old English spang (“buckle, clasp”).
词源 2
Onomatopoeic.
词源 3
Uncertain. Cognate with Scots spang, and possibly related to English spank.
词源 4
See span
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