hanging

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1 SC[countableC, uncountableU]PUNISH the act of killing someone by putting a rope around their neck and dropping them, used as a punishment 绞刑

public hangings

当众执行的绞刑

people who believe that bringing back hanging will reduce the amount of crime

相信恢复绞刑会减少犯罪数量的人

2 DH[countableC] a large piece of cloth that is hung on a wall as a decoration 壁挂(装饰)

a colourful wall hanging

挂在墙上的彩帘

Examples from the Corpus

hanging• There is an urge to recapture the missing person in some way by hanging on to memories, and treasures.• Athelstan glimpsed the blackened, twisted face of Pike the ditcher hanging by the neck.• There's noticeably less equipment hanging from a scrambler, but pound for pound there will be more fleecy material visible.• With fatigue hanging in lead weights from her shoulders, she remembered the telephone number Robert Urquhart had dialled.• I noticed her hanging around the bar, staring through its window, while I ate my fish and potatoes.• Her eyes were drawn, as they so often were, to his portrait hanging just outside the Director's office.• I was getting some drawing prep once and what I was actually told to draw was a towel hanging over a chair.• One wall was covered by a black velvet hanging.• wall hangings

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See also: hang

BNC: 9498 COCA: 9375