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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fling \Fling\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flung}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flinging}.] [OE. flingen, flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel.
flengia to whip, ride furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw.
fl["a]nga to romp, Dan. flenge to slash.]
1. To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart;
to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to
fing a stone into the pond.
'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings,
Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings.
--Dryden.
He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. --Dryden.
I know thy generous temper well. Fling but the
appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes
fire. --Addison.
2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
The sun begins to fling His flaring beams. --Milton.
Every beam new transient colors flings. --Pope.
3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate;
hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in
litigation.
His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him.
--Walpole.
Fling \Fling\, v. i.
1. To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to
kick and fling.
2. To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer;
as, the scold began to flout and fling.
3. To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush
or spring with violence or haste.
And crop-full, out of doors he flings. --Milton.
I flung closer to his breast, As sword that, after
battle, flings to sheath. --Mrs.
Browning.
{To fling out}, to become ugly and intractable; to utter
sneers and insinuations.
Fling \Fling\, n.
1. A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick;
as, the fling of a horse.
2. A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of
sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
I, who love to have a fling, Both at senate house
and king. --Swift.
3. A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.
4. A trifing matter; an object of contempt. [Obs.]
England were but a fling Save for the crooked stick
and the gray goose wing. --Old Proverb.
{To have one's fling}, to enjoy one's self to the full; to
have a season of dissipation. --J. H. Newman. ``When I was
as young as you, I had my fling. I led a life of
pleasure.'' --D. Jerrold.
資料來源 : WordNet®
fling
v 1: throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee"
2: move in an abrupt or headlong manner; "He flung himself onto
the sofa"
3: indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV" [syn: {splurge}]
4: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: {discard},
{toss}, {toss out}, {toss away}, {chuck out}, {cast aside},
{dispose}, {throw out}, {cast out}, {throw away}, {cast
away}, {put away}]
[also: {flung}]
fling
n 1: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it
a whirl" [syn: {crack}, {go}, {pass}, {whirl}, {offer}]
2: a brief indulgence of your impulses [syn: {spree}]
3: the act of flinging
[also: {flung}]