词组 | bang |
释义 | bang [banged, banged, banging] bang around 1. bang around/about to move around a place, doing things and making a lot of noise: ▪ Michael was banging about in the garage, hunting for his tools. ▪ If you get up early, don't start banging around - you'll wake me up. 2. bang sth around/about • bang around/about sth to move things around a place in a noisy way, or to use them roughly and carelessly: ▪ In the kitchen, Tessa banged saucepans about irritably. 3. bang around/about if an object bangs around or about, it moves around noisily hitting other objects, because it has become loose or has been badly packed: ▪ I could hear the garage door banging about in the wind. ▪ There's something banging around in the back of the car. bang away 1. bang away to hit something noisily again and again: ▪ Seizing his hammer, he began to bang away with renewed enthusiasm. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑hammer away 2. bang away to play music loudly and often not very skilfully on the piano, drum etc + at/on ▪ Mick was banging away on an old piano all evening. ■ SIMILAR TO: pound away 3. bang away informal, especially AmE to work hard at something + at/on ▪ Marcel banged away on his paper all night, and finished it just before class the next morning. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑toil away, ↑slave away 4. bang sb away usually passive BrE informal to put someone in prison: ▪ "The sooner we get these thugs banged away, the better," said Sergeant Maxwell. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑bang up BrE informal bang down 1. bang down sth • bang sth down to put something down violently and noisily, especially because you are annoyed: ▪ "That's enough!" Laura said, banging down the iron. + on ▪ Alan banged his fist down on the table and glared at Kellerman. bang down the phone/receiver ▪ She swore at him and banged down the phone. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑slam down 2. bang the door down/bang down the door to break a door by hitting it violently in order to enter a room or building by force: ▪ Her husband threatened to bang the door down if she didn't let him in. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑break down, ↑smash down bang into bang into sth/sb to knock against something or someone by accident when you are moving around: ▪ He didn't dare switch the light on, and he banged into some shelves in the darkness. ▪ The little boy kept running round and round the shop banging into people. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑bump into bang on bang on BrE informal to talk continuously about something in a boring way + about ▪ She keeps banging on about how wonderful her darling son is. ▪ The Treasury has been banging on about the need to make savings for the past two years. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑go on informal bang out 1. bang out sth • bang sth out to play a tune loudly in a careless way, especially on a piano: ▪ The window was open and I could hear someone inside banging out some Scott Joplin. ▪ an old photo of Lennon banging out chords in some scruffy club in Liverpool 2. bang out sth • bang sth out to write a story, report etc very quickly, especially using a computer or typewriter: ▪ In just one week, Reiger banged out "Meeting Girls", a play about a high-school reunion. ▪ Journalists fly into the disaster area, bang out a quick story, and leave. bang up 1. bang sb up usually passive BrE informal to put someone in prison: ▪ Their father had been banged up in Liverpool jail for more than a year. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑bang away BrE informal 2. bang up sth/sb • bang sth/sb up AmE informal to seriously damage something or injure something or someone: ▪ My car got pretty banged up, but I'm okay. ▪ Brown banged up his knee in yesterday's game. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑knock around/about, ↑bash up BrE informal banged-up adj always before noun AmE informal old and damaged: ▪ She drives a banged-up blue Subaru. |
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