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- in sing. a strong taste, flavour, or smell强烈的味道：
the clean salty tang of the sea.
大海强烈的清新咸味。
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- a characteristic quality特性, 特征：
his words came out with a distinct tang of broad Lancashire.
他说话带有明显的兰开夏郡口音。
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- the projection on the blade of a tool such as a knife, by which the blade is held firmly in the handle（刀等工具插入柄中的）柄脚, 柄舌。
词源
Middle English （denoting a snake's tongue， formerly believed to be a stinging organ; also denoting the sting of an insect）： from Old Norse tangi 'point， tang of a knife'.
词源
mid 16th cent.: imitative.
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- a surgeonfish which occurs around reefs and rocky areas, where it browses on algae刺尾鱼。
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- Genus Acanthurus, family Acanthuridae: several species, in particular the blue tang (A. coeruleus) of the western Atlantic, and the convict tang (A. triostegus) of the Indo-Pacific.刺尾鱼属, 刺尾鱼科：数种, 尤指大西洋西部的蓝刺尾鱼（拉丁名A. coeruleus）和印度洋-太平洋地区的条纹刺尾鱼（拉丁名A. triostegus）。
词源
mid 18th cent.: from TANG1.