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語源

From 中期英語 thong, thwong, thwang, from 古期英語 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”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).

発音

• (英国発音) enPR: thŏng, IPA: /θɒŋ/
• (General American) IPA: /θɔŋ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA: /θɑŋ/
• 韻: -ɒŋ

名詞

thong (plural thongs)

1. A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
2. (usually in the plural, Australia) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
   • 1963 March 16, Hal Porter, “Little old lady passing by”, in The Bulletin, page 22, column 3:

     Because of August he wears shorts and sandals, the Japanese geta sort called thongs.

   • 1964, The Beach Boys, All Summer Long:

     T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs (T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs).

   • 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.

   • 2008, Steve Parish, Eccentric Australia‎, page 104:

     Thongs are the favoured footwear for many Aussies, especially near the beaches, but most people in the Outback find that they can't put a foot wrong with a tough, nicely worn-in pair or workboots.

   • 2009, Charles Rawlings-Way, Sydney, Lonely Planet, page 126:

     You shouldn′t face condescension if you rock into a boutique in your thongs and a singlet, but neither will you be treated like a princess just because you've splashed $5000 on daddy's credit card.

3. (UK, US) 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.

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

同意語

• (an item of footwear): see list in flip-flop
• (an undergarment or swimwear): G-string, butt floss

派生語

参考

• sandal

語源

From 古期英語 þwang, from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz.

発音

• IPA: /θɔnɡ/

名詞

thong (plural thonges)

1. A strip cut from a piece of leather.

派生語

• keythong (possibly)
• sho þuong
• thongly
• þongcastre

派生した語

• English: thong
• Scots: thwang, thwayng, thang
• Yola: fong

参照

• “thong, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.