string2 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp strung /strʌŋ/) [transitiveT] 1 PUTto put things together onto a thread, chain etc 用〔线、链等〕穿起来 beads strung on a silver chain 穿在银链上的珠子
2 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to hang things in a line, usually high in the air, especially for decoration 悬挂〔尤指作为装饰〕string something along/across etc something Christmas lights were strung from one end of Main Street to the other. 梅因街从这头到那头都悬挂着圣诞节彩灯。
3 be strung (out) along/across etc something written to be spread out in a line 沿某物排成一列 the houses and shops were strung out along the bay 住宅和店铺沿海湾排成一行。
4. APMto put a string or a set of strings onto a musical instrument 给〔乐器〕装弦
→ highly-strung at highly 5 string along phrasal verbphr v informal a) string somebody alongTRICK/DECEIVE to deceive someone for a long time by making them believe that you will help them, that you love them etc 哄骗某人;愚弄某人 He’s just stringing you along. 他只是哄哄你而已。
b) British EnglishBrEWITH to go somewhere with someone for a short time, especially because you do not have anything else to do 〔尤因没有别的事情干而〕跟随,暂与〔某人〕结伴 with If you’re going into town, I’ll string along with you. 如果你要进城,我就跟你去。
6 string something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v informalLONG TIME to make something continue longer than it should 使拖长,拉长 Rebel leaders attempted to string out negotiations to avoid reaching a settlement. 叛军首领企图拖延谈判,避免达成协议。
string out• There was no point in stringing this out.• Soon, that string will run out and the balloon tug itself free and be lost.• He was playing with her emotions, stringing them out like a taut band that would snap at the slightest pressure.• They strung the wash out on the wire, pressed clothespins at the end of each piece.• He's not the only suspect, Phil has a string of enemies out to get him. 7 string something ↔ together phrasal verbphr v a) string words/a sentence togetherLOGICAL to manage to say or write something that other people can understand 说出[写出]让人听懂的话/句子 He was so drunk he could hardly string two words together. 他醉得几乎说话都不成句了。
b) to combine things in order to make something that is complete, good, useful etc 把…拼在一起 They string together image after image until the documentary is completed. 他们把画面一幅一幅拼接起来,直到做成完整的纪录片。
string together• All you have to do is string them together.• But Walt wanted to do more than string short cartoons together.• Most importantly, the Net is not about computers or the fancy phone lines that string them together.• Around the middle he started to string the birdies together and there was no holding him then.• Never mind he can't string two sentences together - he'd never admit that.• The writers could string words together like beads on a necklace.• Robyn could barely think, let alone string coherent words together to form an answer.• Female speaker I can say the odd word, but I can't string a sentence together yet. string words/a sentence together• Female speaker I can say the odd word, but I can't string a sentence together yet.
8.string somebody ↔ up phrasal verbphr v informal KILLto kill someone by hanging them 绞死,吊死 → strung-upstring up• He had hung himself, just strung himself up.• I would love to string them up.• Oh, I wished I still had even my scorpion on a string to run up and down somebody's back!• No-one ever explained how Kleine, who was too drunk to walk, managed to string himself up early the following morning.• Giffin, weird six string pick up guitar, £250.• She holds a string of words up to them like a caption.• I fasten it with the string I rigged up when the latch broke.