c. 1300, "to dash, run, rush," probably from or related to Old Norse flengja "to flog," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *flang- (cognates: Old Swedish flenga "strike," Danish fl?nge "slash, gash"), from a nasalized variant of PIE *plak- (2) "to strike" (see plague (n.)). Meaning "to throw, cast, hurl" is from mid-14c. An obsolete word for "streetwalker, harlot" was fling-stink (1670s). Related: Flung; flinging, but in Middle English with past tense flang, past participle flungen.
fling (n.)
early 14c., "attempt, attack," (in phrase make a fling), from fling (v.). Hence have a fling at, etc. "make a try." From 1560s as "a wild dash, an excited kicking up." Sense of "period of indulgence on the eve of responsibilities" first attested 1827. Meaning "vigorous dance" (associated with the Scottish Highlands) is from 1804.
雙語例句
1. She claims she had a brief fling with him 30 years ago.
她聲稱在30年前曾和他有過一段短暫的風(fēng)流韻事。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I can fling off a poem in half an hour.
我用半小時就可以作一首詩.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. It's good to fling off heavy clothing now that spring is here.
春天到了,脫去笨重的冬裝真讓人高興.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Don't fling your clothes into the drawer, put them in neatly.
不要把你的衣服隨便往抽屜里一扔, 把它們整齊地放在里面.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Before you fling off a remark like that, think what you're saying.