parang

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon.
    — After they had left, our men observed from their concealment that three had stayed behind with a small boat; and being driven to desperation by the sight of the plundering, one brave fellow swam off armed only with his parang, or chopping-knife, and coming on them unawares made a desperate attack, killing one and wounding the other two, receiving himself numbers of slight wounds, and then swimming off again when almost exhausted.
  2. A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To cut with a parang
  2. To play parang music

词形变化

parangs plural parangs present,singular,third-person paranging participle,present paranged participle,past paranged past parangs plural parangs present,singular,third-person paranging participle,present paranged participle,past paranged past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Malay parangbor.
English parang
Borrowed from Malay parang.
词源 2
Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”).
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