twang

noun

1. 鼻音（通常指方言）
   used to describe a way of speaking, usually one that is typical of a particular area and especially one in which the sounds are produced through the nose as well as the mouth
2. （乐器等的）拨弦声
   a sound that is made when a tight string, especially on a musical instrument, is pulled and released

verb

1. 弹拨；（使）发出弹拨声，发出嘣的一声
   to make a sound like a tight wire or string being pulled and released; to make sth do this
   1. The bed springs twanged.
      这床的弹簧嘣嘣响。
   2. Someone was twanging a guitar in the next room.
      隔壁有人在弹吉他。

1. V-ERG (使)发出拨弦声;(使)发出嘣的一声
   If you twang something such as a tight string or elastic band, or if it twangs, it makes a fairly loud, ringing sound because it has been pulled and then released.
   1. ...people who sat at the back of class and twanged an elastic band...
      坐在教室后面弹橡皮筋的这些人
   2. His guitar makes a noise like a wooden ruler being twanged upon a desk…
      他的吉他发出一声仿佛木尺弹在课桌上的噪音。
   3. The song is a fiery mix of twanging guitar with relentless drumming...
      那是一首夹杂着撩拨的吉他声和密集的鼓点的激情四射的歌曲。
   4. The fiddle began to twang.
      小提琴声渐起。
   5. Twang is also a noun.
      
   6. Something gave a loud discordant twang...
      什么东西突然发出了响亮刺耳的“嘣”的一声。
   7. He fitted a pebble into the catapult and pulled back the elastic. Twang!
      他把石子放进弹弓里，然后往回拉动橡皮筋。“嘣”！
2. N-COUNT 鼻音
   A twang is a quality in someone's way of speaking in which sound seems to be coming through the nose.
   1. …the nasal twang of his voice.
      他说话时的鼻音
   2. ...her broad Australian twang.
      她浓重的澳大利亚鼻音

1. His guitar makes a noise like a wooden ruler being twanged upon a desk
   他的吉他发出一声仿佛木尺弹在课桌上的噪音。
2. The song is a fiery mix of twanging guitar with relentless drumming
   那是一首夹杂着撩拨的吉他声和密集的鼓点的激情四射的歌曲。
3. The fiddle began to twang.
   小提琴声渐起。
4. the nasal twang of his voice.
   他说话时的鼻音
5. There certainly was a twang.
   黄油里肯定有一股怪味儿。
6. Dairyman Crick was discovered stamping about the house. He had received a letter, in which a customer had complained that the butter had a twang.
   她们看见奶牛场老板克里克先生在屋子里直跺脚，原来是他收到了一位顾客的来信，信中抱怨他生产的黄油带有一股怪味。
7. Well I didn'tlose my Taxes Twang completely.
   我并没有完全丢掉我的德州口音。
8. The string broke with a sharp twang.
   拨弦声；嘣的一声；
9. Sarah Colwill believes she has Foreign Accent Syndrome ( FAS) which has caused her distinctive West Country drawlto be replaced with a Chinese twang, even though she has never even visited the country.
   SarahColwill认为自己得了“外国口音综合症”，这就是为什么她原本典型的西方拉长调子讲话的腔调，变成了中国人的鼻音（纳闷：中文的鼻音很明显吗？），而且她之前从未去过中国。
10. Cause to sound with a twang.
    使用拨弦的方式使发音。
11. Igawa has been a project for Guidry this season, an odd intersection of igawa's Japanese culture and guidry's Cajun twang, both mixing in the hopes of retiring Major League hitters consistently.
    古伯伯本季对于井川庆寄予厚望，那是一个奇怪的井川庆日本文化与古伯伯的交集，混杂了将大联盟打击者解决的希望。
12. Remote Access Dial-In User Service cause to sound with a twang.
    远程准入拨入用户服务使用拨弦的方式使发音。
13. Still taciturn, he could, when he wanted, engage in repartee which though neither fluent nor smart had the right twang to it.
    他还是不大爱说话，可是要张口的时候也勉强的要点俏皮，即使说得不圆满利落，好歹是那么股子劲儿。
14. He speaks quietly, with a slightly nasal New England twang, and with a calm self-assurance.
    他讲话声音不大，略带新英格兰味道的鼻音，还有一股子沉着自信。
15. Her voice had a slight Australian twang.
    她声音里带有一点澳大利亚鼻音。
16. Twang of tennis balls bouncing off tightly-strung tennis rackets.
    网球从绷紧的球拍上弹出时蹦的一声响。
17. His voice had a strange mid-Western twang but it was polite and respectful.
    他带有中西部口音，但还是客客气气的。
18. The voice issuing from the whiskers had the same nasal twang but was kind and pleasant and his hand was firm and respectful.
    从络腮胡中发出的声音带有浓重的鼻音，但也是温和愉快的。他搀扶着她的手显得既坚定又有礼貌。
19. He speaks with an American twang.
    他说话带着美国人特有的鼻音。
20. With the twang, the bird fell to the ground just as Geng Lei said before.
    更羸拉满弓，随着一声弓弦响，真的像更羸所说的那样，大雁应声落地。
21. Hearing the twang of the bowstring, it assumed that it was doomed. He draws back the target arrow at the anchor point with this drawing hand.
    它一听到我拉开弓弦的声响，就惊慌得支持不他有拉弦手向后拉弓弦直到满弓点。
22. In his'Ottawa Valley twang,'Rowswell noted that he still regards himself as outsider and'I've never tried to pretend I'm Chinese. '
    大山操着带加拿大安大略省口音的英语说，他仍把自己视为一个外人，他从来没有试图假装自己是中国人。
23. She speaks with a real twang.
    她说话鼻音很重。
24. His message of how Turks and Arabs twang to the same emotions would have seemed alien to a previous Turkey, friendly with its U.
    他的言谈中一直传递出土耳其人和阿拉伯人分享著相同情绪，这在以前的土耳其是从未发生过的。
25. For many years, this meant English, first with received pronunciation, then with an American twang.
    多年来，这意味着英语，首先是标准的英国发音，然后是带鼻音的美式英语。
26. She rang the bell till it broke with a twang; I entered leisurely.
    她拉铃，一直到把铃拉断了：我悠闲地走进来。
27. We heard a twang as the cable broke.
    绳索断时我们听到“嘣”的一声。
28. There are such words as joy and sorrow, but they are only the burden of a psalm, sung with a nasal twang, while we believe in the ordinary and mean.
    现在还有快乐啊，悲哀啊，这种字眼，但这些都只是用鼻音唱出的赞美诗的叠句，实际上我们所信仰的还是平庸而卑下的。
29. The string broke with a loud twang.
    弦断了，发出“嘣”的一声。
30. Sound with a twang, as of a bowstring.
    使用弦发出的声音，比如弓弦。

noun

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

   Synonym:    nasal twang

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

verb

1. pronounce with a nasal twang

2. pluck (strings of an instrument)
   1. He twanged his bow

3. twitch or throb with pain

4. sound with a twang
   1. the bowstring was twanging

5. cause to sound with a twang
   1. He twanged the guitar string