hang1 /hæŋ/ ●●●S1W2 verb (past tensepst and past participlepphung /hʌŋ/)
1top part fastened 顶部固定
a)[transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] (also hang up)ATTACH to put something in a position so that the top part is fixed or supported, and the bottom part is free to move and does not touch the ground 悬挂
Philip hung his coat on a hook behind the door.
菲利普把自己的大衣挂在门后的钩子上。
She hung the sheets on the washing line.
她把床单晾在晒衣绳上。
b)[intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]DOWN to be in a position where the top part is fixed or supported, and the bottom part is free to move and does not touch the ground 吊,悬吊
b)[intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]ATTACH if a picture, photograph etc is hanging somewhere, it is fixed to a wall 挂在墙上
There was a family photograph hanging on the wall.
墙上挂着一幅全家福。
c)be hung with somethingSHOW/LET somebody SEE something if the walls of a room are hung with pictures or decorations, the pictures etc are on the walls 墙上挂着某物
The entrance hall was hung with rich tapestries.
门厅的墙上挂着华丽的壁毯。
3kill/be killed 杀死/被杀死 (past tensepst and past participlepphanged) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SCKILL to kill someone by dropping them with a rope around their neck, or to die in this way, especially as a punishment for a seriouscrime(被)吊死,(被)绞死
be hanged for something
He was hanged for murder.
他因谋杀罪而被绞死。
hang yourself
Corey hanged himself in his prison cell.
科里在囚室里上吊自杀。
If he is found guilty, he will almost certainly hang.
5door 门 [transitiveT]ATTACH to fasten a door in position 安装
Hanging a door is quite a tricky job.
装门是个很费事的活儿。
6mist/smoke/smell 薄雾/烟/气味 [intransitiveI + adverbadv/prepositionprep]STAY/NOT LEAVE if something such as smoke hangs in the air, it stays in the air for a long time 久久不散,缭绕
The smoke from the bonfires hung in the air.
篝火的烟在空中缭绕。
A thick mist hung over the town.
小镇笼罩在浓浓的雾霭中。
7.hang openif a door, someone’s mouth etc hangs open, it is open 〔门、嘴巴等〕开着,张着
8hang in the balanceUNCERTAINif something hangs in the balance, it is not certain what will happen to it 前景难料;安危难说
The future of the company hangs in the balance.
该公司的前景无法预料。
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hang in the balance• World leaders are meeting to discuss the situation, with peace in the regionhanging in the balance.• His career, much more than mine, hangs in the balance.• That prohibition still persists, and legislation to open the nation's woodlands up to its people hangs in the balance.• The future of the refuge still hangs in the balance.• The possibility of a nuclearexchange continued to hang in the balance.• Which Minister is the pits with the miners whose livelihoods now hang in the balance?• But because public healthhangs in the balance, experts are already seeking changes in food policy.• Meanwhile, with its future hanging in the balance, Fokker is starting to feel the pinch.
9hang by a threadDANGEROUSif something is hanging by a thread, it is in a very dangerous situation and may not continue 千钧一发;岌岌可危
He is still in hospital, his life hanging by a thread.
他仍在医院里,命悬一线。
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hang by a thread• Ed was just hanging by a thread.• Liputin's teeth are by no means the only things that hang by a thread.• His job is hanging by a thread, as it is.• Hopes of a title hat-trick hang by a thread, but all is not quite lost.
10hang (on) in there (also hang tough especially American EnglishAmE) spokenDETERMINED to remain brave and determined when you are in a difficult situation 挺下去;坚持到底
Don’t worry. Just hang on in there.
别担心,坚持到底就好。
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hang (on) in there• In the meantime, just hang on in there.• But I was hanging in there academically.• Ultimately, the more authentic, life-affirmingreligiousmanifestationshang in there amid, and despite, the darkness of humanstriving.• When he is excited and enthusiastic, hang in there an extra minute to respond to his words and happyexpressions.• If this type of interviewer senses a weakspot he or she will hang on in there - mercilessly.• Do you hang in there, or cut your losses?• Can you kind of hang in there to uh to maybe uh later on this evening, okay.• The hitter had to hang in there until he hit the ball or struck out.
11hang your headASHAMEDEMBARRASSEDto look ashamed and embarrassed 〔羞愧、尴尬地〕垂下头
She hung her head, not sure how to reply.
她垂下头,不知该如何回答。
Daphne had hung her head in shame.
达夫妮羞愧地低下了头。
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hang your head• I could see from his silhouette in the starlight that he was hanging his head.• I realized I had no reason to hang my head.• She did not, now, want to see him dismissed, led away hanging his head.• She refused to be cowardly and hang her head.• He cries, whines, and just goes and sits over there and hangs his head down.• Father Time wouldn't have been alone in hanging his head in shame.• He was in the House at the time, so he should hang his head in shame.
12hang fireDELAYto wait for a short while before you do something 暂时不做,稍作等待
I think we should hang fire for a week.
我想我们应该等一星期再说。
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hang fire• The case is hanging fire for the moment, pending some changes in the paperworkfiled so far.• But while their chargeshang fire for three or four years, the company has made its joint.
13leave something hanging in the airto leave something in a situation where it has not been explained, completed, or dealt with 使某事悬而未决
His resignation has left some important questions hanging in the air.
他辞职后留下一些重要问题有待解决。
14hang a right/leftAmerican EnglishAmE spokenTTTURN to turn right or left when driving 〔开车〕往右转/往左转
15[intransitiveI]American EnglishAmE spoken to spend time somewhere, relaxing and enjoying yourself 〔在某处〕消磨时间,休闲
hang with
We were just hanging with the dudes at Mike’s house.
我们只是在迈克家和几个哥们儿泡在一起。
16I’ll be hanged ifBritish EnglishBrE old-fashionedANNOY used to expressannoyance or to say that you will not allow something to happen 岂有此理;休想
I’ll be hanged if I’ll give them any money!
休想让我给他们一分钱!
17.hang it (all)British EnglishBrE old-fashionedDISAPPOINTEDANNOY used to say that you are disappointed or annoyed about something 〔表示失望或厌烦〕见鬼,该死
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hang it (all)• They looked around for somewhere to hang it.• He weaves an appleblossomwreath and hangs it from a branch.• Adrienne paused to scan her face before taking her coat and hanging it in the closet.• Their decision to hang it on a beam in the barn was an acknowledgment of how little it belonged.• He hangs it out of sight, through a curtaineddoorway next to the bar.• And you can hang it up.• Take off your coat and hang it up.
18hang somethingBritish EnglishBrE old-fashionedNOT DO something used to say that you are not going to do something 让某事见鬼去吧〔表示不想做某事〕
Oh hang the report, let’s go for a drink.
写什么鬼报告,我们去喝一杯吧。
19.I/you might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lambused to say that, if a small action may have the same badresults for you as a larger one, there is no reason for not doing the larger thing 一不做,二不休
PHRASAL VERBS
20hang aboutphrasal verbphr vBritish EnglishBrE
a)spokenSLOW to move slowly or take too long doing something 动作慢吞吞;拖延
Come on, we haven’t got time to hang about!
快点,我们没时间拖拖拉拉了!
b)hang about (something)SPEND TIME to spend time somewhere without any realpurpose(在某处)闲待,闲荡
There were always groups of boys hanging about in the square.
广场上总是有一群群男孩在闲荡。
He normally hung about the house all day.
他通常都是整天待在房子里无所事事。
c)hang about! spoken
i.WAITSTOP DOING somethingused to ask someone to wait or stop what they are doing 等一下!停一下!
hang about• No birds, no booze, no groupieshanging about.• There the loading was still under way and the women were still hanging about.• Now they're off and married, so we hang about and get the trouble.• Sometimes the men hang about, especially around the younger women.• I didn't hang about getting to Armstrong and getting him started and headed back to Plumstead Road.• For a while they hang about on trees; then they die, fall off and lie about on the ground.• I used to hang about the school waiting for him to come out.
hang about (something)• No birds, no booze, no groupies hanging about.• There the loading was still under way and the women were still hanging about.• This one had lustreless brownhair, very straight, hanging about a pale, undergroundface.• Now they're off and married, so we hang about and get the trouble.• Sometimes the men hang about, especially around the younger women.• I didn't hang about getting to Armstrong and getting him started and headed back to Plumstead Road.• For a while they hang about on trees; then they die, fall off and lie about on the ground.• I used to hang about the school waiting for him to come out.
21.hang about with somebodyphrasal verbphr vBritish EnglishBrE informalSPEND TIMEto spend a lot of time with someone 与…厮混
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hang about with • I was hanging about with older people at that time.
22hang around/round (something)phrasal verbphr v informalWAITto wait or spend time somewhere, doing nothing 在…等候;在…闲待
I hung around the station for an hour but he never came.
我在车站等了一小时,但他始终没来。
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hang around/round • As he left, the crowd broke up, and I heard rumblings of disappointment about having to hang around.• Ponzo kept hanging around; he had no place to sleep.• What kind of farmers would be hanging around in their hut on a hotafternoon like this?• So the neurotransmitter can hang around longer.• Don't hang around school waiting for me ever again.• Two days he was hanging around the place.• Whatever it was looking for, we didn't hang around to find out.
23hang around with somebodyphrasal verbphr vSPEND TIMEto spend a lot of time with someone 与…厮混
The people I used to hang around with were much older than me.
以前和我混在一起的人都比我年长许多。
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hang around with • The people we hang around with have more influence on our attitudes than we imagine.• I didn't hang around with her much anyway.• Everyone likes to hang around with people with a similarimage, it gives you more confidence to experiment.• He's been hanging around withRandy a lot lately.• The people I used to hang around with were much older than me anyway, they never knew how old I was.• The people that you hang around with would be the people that he would hang around with ... and so on.
24hang backphrasal verbphr v
a)to stay a short distance away from someone or something, and not go too near them 〔与某人或某物〕保持一小段距离
Instinctively he hung back in the shelter of a rock.
他本能地退到一块岩石后面躲起来。
b)WILLINGto not say or do something because you are shy or afraid 〔因害羞或害怕而〕吞吞吐吐;犹豫
i.WAITused to ask or tell someone to wait 等等!SYN hold on
Hang on! I’ll be back in a minute.
等等!我一会儿就回来。
ii.used when you have just noticed or thought of something that is interesting or wrong 且慢!〔用于表示刚发现或想到什么有趣或不对的事情〕
c)DEPEND/IT DEPENDS hang on something to depend on something 依赖[取决]于某事
Everything hangs on the outcome of this meeting.
一切都取决于这次会议的结果。
d)hang on somebody’s words/every wordATTENTION to pay close attention to everything someone is saying 倾听[注意]某人说的话/每一个字
She was watching his face, hanging on his every word.
她注视着他的脸,倾听他说的每一个字。
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hang on• They are for ever hanging on by their fingernails.• But hang on - there's Bambi!
hang to• How long can you hang on to an impossibledream?• And we're hanging on to each other trying to get on the plane.• Always hang on to something that tells them who they are - and tells me, too, in this case.• The perception seems to be that horseshang on to the infection and then pass it on.• Hang on to the rail or you'll fall.• If she wanted to hang on to the shreds of her professionalreputation she'd better start by controlling her haywireemotions.• And, if like me you believe that dreams come true, you should hang on to them.• So I can hang on to things as I move around.
hang on something• Pros: Lots of pyrotechnics and effects, plenty of twists and turns that keep you hanging on.• They are for ever hanging on by their fingernails.• The sight of him hanging on the Cross - are we really supposed to worship that, defeat and death?• You can escape if you answerpuzzles, games and questions about the great works of arthanging on the walls.• But hang on - there's Bambi!• If she wanted to hang on to the shreds of her professional reputation she'd better start by controlling her haywire emotions.• A few still hang ontoday, but in large sections of the mountains a living dogwood is nowhere to be seen.• With just a few basicmaterials, I now have paintingshanging on walls in relatives homes.
hang on somebody’s words/every word• And the children of Elvis did hang on his every word.• As a result, you find yourself hanging on to every word and gesture.• We weren't all hanging on your every word anyway, even back then.
26hang on to something (also hang onto something)phrasal verbphr vKEEP/CONTINUE TO HAVEto keep something 保留,保存
I think I’ll hang on to the documents for a bit longer.
我想我会把这些文件再保存一段时间。
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hang on to • How long can you hang on to an impossibledream?• Always hang on to something that tells them who they are - and tells me, too, in this case.• If she wanted to hang on to the shreds of her professionalreputation she'd better start by controlling her haywireemotions.• And, if like me you believe that dreams come true, you should hang on to them.• So I can hang on to things as I move around.
27hang outphrasal verbphr v
a)informalSPEND TIME to spend a lot of time in a particular place or with particular people 闲待;厮混
c)let it all hang out informalRELAXED to relax and do what you like 休息,做自己想做的事
nd)hang somebody out to dry to not give someone support in a difficult situation, for example to let someone else get all the blame for something
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hang out• You'll probably find Dave at the poolhall -- he often hangs out there.• I used to hang out with them when I was at college.
hang with• Who does she usually hang out with?• Stone said he had also seen Davis drinking and hanging out with a group of people at WalnutPark on another day.• After all, who would you rather hang out with: Byron or Take That?• Charles, for his part, still gets to be king one day and presumably hang out with Camilla.• Why do I hang out with filmstars?• I spent a lot of time listening to records and just hanging out with friends.• We'd hang out with him all the time.• Moreover, he was hanging out withwriters and painters and rarely came home at night.
Hang ... out to dry• Use it to wipe out opponents! Hang foes out to dry!
let it all hang out• Was it possible to go too far, or should he just let it all hang out?• We let it all hang out.• My face resembled the back of one of those baboons who let it all hang out at mating time.• Now you can anonymously let it all hang outonline.• Each time you let it all hang out, you lower your threshold for doing it again.
28hang over something/somebodyphrasal verbphr vPROBABLYif something bad is hanging over you, you are worried or anxious about it 〔不愉快的事〕萦绕着;使担心
The threat of redundancy was still hanging over us.
失业的威胁依然笼罩在我们心头。
It’s not very nice to have huge debts hanging over your head.
hanging over ... head• Meanwhile, Napster goes from strength to strength, despite the legal case hanging over its head.• Most unpleasant having something like that hanging over your head.• Southampton were ordered to pay just £5,000 up front with the rest hanging over their head.• It's been hanging over my head like the sword of Damocles.• His colleaguesadmit while the charges were hanging over his head they had trouble getting funding.
b)HELPif people hang together, they help each other 互相帮助;同心协力
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hang together• Is there any mechanism to make a particular committeehang together?• None of it hangs together, and I can't think what's happening.• The idea was to hang together, keep in touch with the audience and maybe make a few bucks.• The elements in this mixture barely seem to hang together; or rather, radicaldisjunctions are part of the effect.• But will the coalitionhang together until then?• Her story doesn't hang together very well.• This was an exhibition with great intent but as a whole, it did not hang together well.
hang on• The guyhangs up on me.• When we talk on the phone, she may hang up on me.• Anne saw her own coathanging up on the rack with the others.• But don't hang up on the shares because I reckon they could hit Pounds 4 by Christmas.
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hang• A frame should complement the picture, but it may also relate to the room in which the paintinghangs.• And how had Brampton been hanged?• We had the usualhalf-hourhanging about for Kerrison.• Most of the time we hang at my house.• Hold one end of the rope in your hand and let the other end hang down.• During the CivilWar, Milligan hanged for treason.• In the corner of the room was a large lamp, hanging from the ceiling.• Meanwhile, with its futurehanging in the balance, Fokker is starting to feel the pinch.• A small study for the painting hangs in the J. Paul Getty Museum.• Where do you think we should hang it?• He stood very still, his armshanging loosely, his feet apart.• That work involvedhanging more than 380 individual pieces.• The keys are hanging on a nail by the door.• Baker wants everyone to hang out and watch while at Scottsdale or on the road against NationalLeagueteams...• A vastpinktongue was hanging out of the creature's mouth between a pair of the longest, sharpestteethimaginable.• A picture of their parentshangs over the bedroom door.• When are we going to hang the lights on the Christmas tree, Mommy?• But he was hanging up her coat and appeared not to notice the edge on her voice.• The children are hanging up the decorations for the party.• Hang your coat on the hook.
1get the hang of somethinginformalLEARN to learn how to do something or use something 学会做某事;学会使用某物
It seems difficult at first, but you’ll soon get the hang of it.
开始时看上去挺难,不过很快你就会掌握的。
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get the hang of something• I increasingly got the hang ofhandling Berni.• I haven't played it in a week, I was just getting the hang of it.• She would never get the hang of this new country.• After that she got the hang of what was news.• Once around the course is all it takes to get the hang of it.• I've got the hang of it now.• He side-slipped neatly; he was getting the hang of the thing.• It can get tough, but you will get the hang of it.
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hang• His great-grandson could have taken Paul by the hand and helped everyone get the hang ofit.• Floy had begun to get the hang of riding after a while.• He side-slipped neatly; he was getting the hang of the thing.• I've got the hang of it now.• I got out of the hang of it.