Twang

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

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

(verb.) pronounce with a nasal twang.

(verb.) pluck (strings of an instrument); 'He twanged his bow'.

(verb.) twitch or throb with pain.

(verb.) sound with a twang; 'the bowstring was twanging'.

(verb.) cause to sound with a twang; 'He twanged the guitar string'.

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• It has no rugged burr, no nasal twang, such as almost every one's voice here in the north has. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• There was a sharp twang as of a broken banjo-string, and at the same instant an arrow appeared in the yellow hide of the crouching lion. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Epic poem--ten thousand lines-- revolution of July--composed it on the spot--Mars by day, Apollo by night--bang the field-piece, twang the lyre. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• In a minute he caught the light twang again. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• He had heard a faint twang come from the disc in front of him. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• He added, with a faint twang of sarcasm, What wonderful thing is it that I cannot be trusted to take? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• That has quite a romantic twang. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The little pleasure-launch was fussing out from the shore, twanging its music, crowded with people, flapping its paddles. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• There were three zithers twanging away in a corner. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The launch twanged and hooted, somebody was singing. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It must suffice to say, it started with the harp, in its simplest form, composed of a frame with animal tendons stretched tight thereon and twanged by the fingers. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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