flange

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈflænd͡ʒ/    /ˈflænd͡ʒ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
  2. The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.
  3. An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.
    — [The] enduring problem with the Gathering is that [players] can't affect anything that happens ... whatever they do, the LT just flange it back to the original plot line.
  4. The vulva. slang,vulgar
    — I was in bed the other day with the missus and I asked to see her flange. Imagine my surprise when she got up went downstairs to my toolbox and brought me up a metal looking object called a flange!!!!! Needless to say when she asked to see my nuts the next time I obliged by doing exactly the same as her.
  5. A group of baboons. collective,humorous,rare
    — it's a flange of baboons
  6. The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger.
动词 v.
  1. To be bent into a flange. intransitive
  2. To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange; to bend (esp. sheet metal) in the form of a flange. transitive
  3. To mix two copies of together, one delayed by a very short, slowly varying time. transitive

词形变化

flanges plural flanges present,singular,third-person flanging participle,present flanged participle,past flanged past

词源

词源 1
From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle French flanche, from Old French flanche (“flank, side”), from Frankish *hlanku (“bend, curve; side, flank”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News.
词源 2
From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle French flanche, from Old French flanche (“flank, side”), from Frankish *hlanku (“bend, curve; side, flank”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News.
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