gang

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ/|[ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ]|/ˈɡɛ̃ŋ/|[ˈɡɛ̃ŋ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
    — the Gashouse Gang
  2. Alternative form of gangue. alt-of,alternative,countable,uncountable
  3. A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad or workgang.
    — a gang of sailors; a railroad gang; a labor gang or pool.
  4. A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
    — a youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang.
  5. A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
    — The Winter Hill Gang was quite proficient at murdering rival mobsters in order to take over their rackets.
  6. A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
    — The Gang of Four was led by Jiang Qing, the fourth wife of Mao Zedong.
  7. A chain gang. US
  8. A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
    — a gang of saws; a gang of plows; a gang drill; gang milling.
  9. A set; all required for an outfit.
    — a new gang of stays.
  10. A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
    — an outlet gang box; a double gang switch.
  11. A group of wires attached as a bundle.
    — a gang of wires
  12. A going, journey; a course, path, track. dialectal
    — In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers’ gang / Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang
  13. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. obsolete
  14. A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
  15. A term of address for a group, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.; A term of address for any other person or group of people. Internet,broadly
    — The sun isn't real? What are you even talking about, gang?
动词 v.
  1. To attach similar items together to form a larger unit. transitive
    — Volume controls may be ganged to mode switches to provide maximum output […]
  2. Pronunciation spelling of gan. alt-of,pronunciation-spelling
  3. Synonym of gangbang.
    — He still liked the idea of them all ganging her [...]
  4. To go; walk; proceed. Northern-England,Scotland,intransitive
    — (Colin alone) Ah, Colin, thou’rt a prodigal; a thriftless loon thou’st been, that cou’d na’ keep a little pelf to thysall when thou had’st got it; now thou may’st gang in this poor geer to thy live's end, and worse too for aught I can tell; ’faith, mon, ’twas a smeart little bysack of money thou hadst scrap’d together, an the best part of it had na’ being last amongst thy kinsfolk, in the Isles of Skey and Mull; muckle gude may it do the weams of them that ha’ it! There was Jamie MacGregor and Sawney MacNab, and the twa braw lads of Kinruddin, with old Charley MacDougall, my mother's first husband's second cousin: by my sol I cou’d na’ see such near relations, and gentlemen of sich auncient families gang upon bare feet, while I rode a horseback: I had been na’ true Scot, an I cou’d na’ ge’en a countryman a gude last upon occasion (as he is going out, Miss Aubrey enters.)

词形变化

gangs present,singular,third-person ganging participle,present ganged participle,past ganged past gan alternative gangs plural gangs present,singular,third-person ganging participle,present ganged participle,past ganged past gangs present,singular,third-person ganging participle,present ganged participle,past ganged past gangs plural

词汇关系

下位词
A-gang black gang bridge gang cybergang Gang of Five Gang of Four press-gang road gang Scooby gang section gang street gang towzery gang urban gang work gang
衍生词
anti-gang antigang cool and the gang downgang fastgang Gaang gang bang gang-bang gangboard gang box gangbuster gang-buster gangbusting gang-cask gang cask gangdom ganger gang-fuck gangish gangism gangland gangleader ganglike gangline ganglord gangman gangmaster gangmate gang member gangmobile gangpile gang plank gangplank gang-plank gangplough gangplow gang press gang rape gang-rape gang rapist gang-rider gangsaw gangshag gang show gang shower gang sign gang signal gangsman gangsome gangsploitation gangstalk gangstalker gangster gang switch Gangtide gang up gang up on gang vocal gang war gangway ingang intergang nongang ongang outgang overgang oxgang street gang swing gang throughgang umgang undergang upgang watergang water-gang withgang

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *ganganą
Proto-West Germanic *gangan
Old English gangan
Middle English gangen
English gang
From Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to go, walk, turn out”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangan, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step, walk”).
Cognate with Scots gang (“to go on foot, walk”), Swedish gånga (“to walk, go”), Faroese ganga (“to walk”), Icelandic ganga (“to walk, go”), Norwegian Nynorsk ganga (“to walk, go”), Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas). Ultimately related to etymology 2, which see below.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóngʰos
Proto-Germanic *gangaz
Proto-West Germanic *gang
Old English gang
Middle English gang
English gang
From Middle English gang, from Old English gang (“a journey; way; passage”), from Proto-West Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from *ǵʰengʰ- (“to step; stride”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gong, Dutch gang, German Gang, Norwegian gang, Swedish gång, Icelandic gangur, Vedic Sanskrit जंहस् (jáṃhas).
词源 3
See gan.
词源 4
Shortening of gangbang.
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