[no obj., with adverbial]make or produce a resonant noise (使)咚咚作响 the cheerleader whanged on a tambourine. 拉拉队队长把小手鼓敲得咚咚响。 ■[no obj.]drive at speed 飞快驾驶 we whanged round the bend. 我们驾车飞快地绕过拐弯处。 ■[with obj.]strike or throw heavily and loudly 砰然重击 he whanged down the receiver. 他砰然挂上电话。
noun
a noisy blow 嘭嘭声;咚咚声 he gave a whang with his hammer. 他用锤子敲得嘭嘭响。
语源
late 17th cent. (in the sense 'strike as if with a thong'): variant of thong; senses describing noise are imitative