stang
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈstæŋ/|[ˈstæŋ]|/ˈstaŋ/
美 /ˈstæŋ/|[ˈstæŋ]|/ˈstæŋ/|/ˈstæːŋ/|[ˈsteːŋ]
英文释义
名词 n.
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A forked ritual staff.
— The stang represents the horned god and the masculine force of nature. Much like the wand or athame, the stang is used for raising or directing power[…]
- Short for Mustang, a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.
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A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
— Gripping the stang, she peered / At ghostly trees. Bus stopped. Bus disappeared.
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In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
— These fields were intermingled with woods of half a stang,*... (with the corresponding footnote: "An old word for a perch, sixteen feet and a half. These small woods were therefore eight feet and a quarter.")
动词 v.
- To shoot with pain, to sting.
- simple past of sting
- To spear; to sting.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
Inherited from Middle English stang, stong, from Old Norse stǫng, from Proto-Germanic *stangiz, *stangō (“bar, rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ-, *stegʰ- (“to stick, sting, prick, be stiff”).
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English stangen, from Old Norse stanga (“prick, goad”).
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