2017年9月20日星期三

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Big Ben's famous bongs will sound for the last time next Monday before major conservation works - regular bongs won't restart until 2021!

Stuart Hall: ‘He was incredibly well mannered. He wouldn’t raise his voice because that wasn’t the done thing.’ Photograph: David Levene

World’s oldest bongs discovered in Russia

Archaeologists have uncovered 2,400-year-old golden bongs used by royalty to smoke cannabis and opium in Russia. The bongs were uncovered in a secret chamber covered with clay by construction workers during…

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Dictionary: bon·go¹ (bŏng'gō, bông'-) pronunciation

n., pl. -gos.
A large, forest-dwelling antelope (Boocercus eurycerus) of central Africa, having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spirally twisted horns.

[Probably of Bantu origin; akin to Lingala mongu, antelope.]

bon·go² (bŏng'gō, bông'-) pronunciation

n., pl. -gos or -goes.
One of a pair of connected tuned drums that are played by beating with the hands.

[American Spanish bongó, probably of West African origin.]

n. - 非洲產大羚羊
2.
n. - 一種用手指敲的小鼓
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ボンゴ

Plot summary forExpresso Bongo (1959)

Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite Bert's protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, Johnny starts him on the road to stardom. The deal they cut, however, is highly exploitative of the young singer, and their relationship soon begins to go bad. Written by George S. Davis {mgeorges@prodigy.net}

Pop manager Johnny Jackson ducks and dives in the 1950's Soho of coffee bars, strip clubs and clip joints. With singer Bert Rudge he realises he is on to a winner. Renaming him Bongo Herbert and trickily launching his career on network television, he seems to have hit the jackpot. But Johnny is both greedy and naive, and having a successful artiste is new to him. He is soon out of his depth, with only his stripper girlfriend Masie King always there with support. Written by Jeremy Perkins {jwp@aber.ac.uk}

done

Pronunciation: /dʌn /

Definition of done in English:

VERB

past participle of do¹.

ADJECTIVE

1(Of food) cooked thoroughly:the turkey will be done to a turn

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2No longer happening or existing:her hunting days were done

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3British informal Socially acceptable:therapy was not the done thing then

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EXCLAMATION

Used to indicate that the speaker accepts the terms of an offer:‘I’ll give ten to one he misses by a mile!’ called Reilly. ‘Done!’, said the conductor

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Phrases

1: An agreement that has been finalized:although a few details still had to be worked out, the settlement was a done deal

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done for 2: informal In a situation so bad that it is impossible to get out:if the guard sees us, we’re done for

Bong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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A bong (also water pipe, billy, bing, or moof) is a filtration device generally used for smoking cannabis, tobacco, or other herbal substances. In the bong shown in ...

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bong

Pronunciation: /bɒŋ /

NOUN

A low-pitched, resonant sound of the kind made by a large bell:the clock had struck the hour and it was only three bongs

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