Значение

значений: 4
  1. A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.

    Lederriemen

    реме́ньreménʹ

    ремінецьreminecʹ

    a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together

  2. (Австралия, устаревшее, обычно во множественном числе)An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.

    2006, Peter Murray, David Poole, Grant Jones, Contemporary Issues in Management and Organisational Behaviour, Thomson, page 108, Players turned up for questioning wearing thongs, shorts and T-shirts.

    Flipflop, Badelatschen

    вьетна́мкиvʹjetnámki, сла́нцыsláncy, шлёпанцыšljópancy

    в'єтна́мкиvʺjetnámky

    a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe

  3. (Британия, США)An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.

    She was impressed by her friend's confidence to wear a thong on the crowded beach.

    Tanga, Tangaslip

  4. The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.

Примеры

предложений: 4
  1. She doesn't wear thongs.

    Она не носит стринги.

  2. Tell your sister her thong is showing.

    deSag deiner Schwester, dass ihr Tanga rauskuckt.

  3. He decided to wear a bright red thong to the beach.

  4. She likes wearing boxer briefs, she doesn't like briefs, and also doesn't like thongs.

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
По значениям 2
leather strip:
footwear:
Русский
По значениям 2
leather strip:
footwear:
Deutsch
По значениям 3
leather strip:
footwear:
undergarment:

Происхождение

From Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang (“thong, band, st

From Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang (“thong, band, strap, cord, strip of leather; phylactery”), from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (“to squeeze, press, pressure”). Cognate with Scots thwang, thwayng, thang (“thong”), Middle Low German dwenge (“clamp, jaws, steel-trap”), German Zwinge (“vise, clamp”), Danish tvinge (“clamp”), dialectal Norwegian tveng (“shoestrap, shoelace”), Swedish tving (“clamp”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).

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Формы

мн. число: thongs
Ед. числоthong
Мн. числоthongs

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 5
an undergarment or swimwear:G-stringbutt floss
an item of footwear:list in flip-flop
Близкие по смыслу
  • a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe:flip-flop
  • minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband:G-string
  • leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip:lash

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 10

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