whizbang
['hwɪz,bæŋ]
- n. 爆竹的一种；自动操纵的飞弹；杰出的人或事物
- adj. 杰出的
英英释义
- 1. a small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits
- 2. a firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion
英文词源
- whizbang (n.)
- also whiz-bang, whizz-bang, 1915, originally a soldier's name for a type of German artillery shell in World War I, so called by the Allied troops in reference to its characteristic sound. From whizz + bang (v.).