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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- tang [tæŋ]
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1.
n
a strong taste or flavour
- the tang of the sea
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2.
n
a pungent or characteristic smell
- the tang of peat fires
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3.
n
a trace, touch, or hint of something
- a tang of cloves in the apple pie
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4.
n
the pointed end of a tool, such as a chisel, file, knife, etc, which is fitted into a handle, shaft, or stock
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[Etymology]
C14: from Old Norse tangi point; related to Danish tange point, spit
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a strong taste or flavour
Examples
- Mr. Tang acted as interpreter.
- 唐先生担当口译工作。 → act
- the tang of the sea → tang
- the tang of peat fires → tang
- a tang of cloves in the apple pie → tang
- 阿唐
- A Tang; Tang → 阿
- 这首唐诗是按今音的平仄写的。
- This poem from the Tang Dynasty was written according to Sui-and Tang-Dynasty pronounciation. → 今音
- 鲁迅编订了《唐宋传奇集》。
- Lu Xun compiled and edited the Literary Tales of the Tang-Song Period. → 编订
- 唐朝
- the Tang Dynasty → 朝
- 这部《全唐诗》分成十二函。
- This set of Complete Tang Poems is in twelve cases. → 函
- 唐朝是诗的黄金时代。
- The Tang Dynasty is the golden age of Chinese poetry. → 黄金时代
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