prangnoun詞源 1/ˈpɹæŋ/

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  datedslangAn aeroplane crash.

  • 2011, Bill Marsh, Great South Australia Stories, HarperCollins Publishers, Australia, unnumbered page, I remember when a call came through that a crop sprayer had had a plane prang down at Naracoorte, in the south-east of South Australia.
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  datedslanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsA bombing raid.

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  informalAn accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties.

  • The typical prang cost a few hundred dollars in panelbeating charges.
  • If people drove like that in Australia there would be constant prangs.
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  slangCrack cocaine.

prangverb詞源 1/ˈpɹæŋ/

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  datedslangTo crash an aeroplane.

  • “We have to wear good socks and boots,” said one pilot with a grin, “—as we often prang in the jungle, and have to walk home.”
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  informalTo crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle.

  • “Didn′t bump nobody,” I sneer. “That′s because you were careful,” says the wife. “Your forecast doesn′t say you will prang. It merely says ‘exercise care today,’ which you did.”
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  informalTo damage (the vehicle one is driving) in an accident; to have a minor collision with (another motor vehicle).

  • Soon after rescuing some silly children from the local caves, the alien prangs his vessel and dies.
  • On Friday, I picked up our camper van, upgraded to a four sleeper so Elysee and I could each find a neutral corner, which I managed to “prang,” navigating the parking lot, within one hour of signing away my house as security.

prangnoun詞源 2/ˈpɹæŋ/

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  architectureA type of tower or spire featured in some Buddhist temples of Cambodia and Thailand.

  • The prang is surrounded by walls, which are in turn surrounded by smaller prangs and chedis, some of which are rather precariously supported.
  • The second platform surrounds the base of the prang proper, whose closed entranceways are guarded by four statues of the Hindu god Indra on his three-headed elephant Erawan.