thong

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /θɒŋ/    美 /θɔŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
  2. An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour. Australia,dated,plural-normally
    — Because of August he wears shorts and sandals, the Japanese geta sort called thongs.
  3. An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more. UK,US
    — She was impressed by her friend's confidence to wear a thong on the crowded beach.
  4. The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.

词形变化

thongs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
sea thong thongage thonged thonging thongkini thongless thonglike thongweed thongy
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词源

From Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang (“thong, band, strap, cord, strip of leather; phylactery”), from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (“to squeeze, press, pressure”). Cognate with Scots thwang, thwayng, thang (“thong”), Middle Low German dwenge (“clamp, jaws, steel-trap”), German Zwinge (“vise, clamp”), Danish tvinge (“clamp”), dialectal Norwegian tveng (“shoestrap, shoelace”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).
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