mid-14c., "serpent's tongue" (thought to be a stinging organ), later "sharp extension of a metal blade" (1680s), from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse tangi "spit of land; pointed end by which a blade is driven into a handle," from Proto-Germanic *tang-, from PIE *denk- "to bite" (see tongs). Influenced in some senses by tongue (n.). Figurative sense of "a sharp taste" is first recorded mid-15c.; that of "suggestion, trace" is from 1590s. The fish (1734) so called for their spines.
雙語例句
1. "Tang" is "Gnat" spelt backwards.
Gnat倒著寫出來就是Tang。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She could smell the salty tang of the sea.
她能聞到海水濃烈的咸味。
來自柯林斯例句
3. the tang of lemons
清爽的檸檬味
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. Li Bai was a Tang poet of superb talent.
李白是唐代一位才氣橫溢的詩人.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. The Tang Dynasty was the golden age of classical Chinese poetry.