n. 鼻音(通常指方言); (乐器等的)拨弦声 v. 弹拨; (使)发出弹拨声,发出嘣的一声 twang的第三人称单数和复数
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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.
...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
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。
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。
The fiddle began to twang. 小提琴声渐起。
Twang is also a noun.
Something gave a loud discordant twang... 什么东西突然发出了响亮刺耳的“嘣”的一声。
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”!
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.