单词 | dangling |
释义 | danglingn. The action of dangle v.; †concrete (plural) dangling appendages. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > hanging down > dangling dangling1611 dingle-dangle1702 dangle1756 danglement1834 the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that which hangs or is suspended > danglingly dangling1611 dingle-dangle1622 dangler1731 dangle1888 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pendiloches, jags, danglings, or things that hang danglingly. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. vi. 100 To prevent the dangling down, and dagling of so long garments. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 103 The Royallists..To leave off Loyalty and Dangling. ?1856 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship i. 5 I've given up flirting and dangling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019). danglingadj. That dangles. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > dangling dangled1593 dangling1597 dingle-dangle1598 loose-hanging1598 dangle1600 loose-hung1625 adangle1855 dangly1903 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iv. 30 Go bind thou vp yong dangling Aphricokes. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. Invoc. 1 Cast off these dangling Plummets. 1750 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 602 I am very happy that I have no dangling neighbours. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iii. 116 Thin dangling locks. Derivatives ˈdanglingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adverb] > in dangling manner danglingly1611 dingle-dangle1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pendiller, to hang danglingly, loosely, or but by halves. Draft additions 1993 b. Grammar. Not being part of a proper grammatical construction. Frequently as dangling participle n. a participle in an absolute clause or phrase whose subject is omitted, resulting in ambiguity; an unattached participle. Also dangling modifier, dangling phrase, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > [adjective] > not part of proper construction pendent1849 dangling1909 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > participle > types of present participle1705 past participle1798 fused participle1906 dangling participle1909 suspended participle1942 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > phrase > specific prepositional phrase1878 noun phrase1884 case phrase1899 dangling phrase1909 VP1972 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > modifier or qualifier > specific dangling modifier1909 premodifier1952 postmodifier1954 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Dangling participle. 1935 A. G. Kennedy Current Eng. xii. 487 The so-called dangling participle has become one of the chief bugbears of the teacher of English composition. 1957 M. Nicholson Dict. Amer.-Eng. Usage 115/1 Dangling participle. Wrong: Having just returned from a long cruise, the city seemed unbearably crowded to us both. 1961 Amer. Speech 36 196 Let us examine, then, these dangling modifiers in ‘Bartleby’, looking at each of them in turn to see what..aid it can give us in understanding the obscurities of the tale. 1972 R. D. Walshe in G. W. Turner Good Austral. Eng. 256 Dangling phrases. In the sentence, ‘Going into the bush, a snake bit me’, the opening phrase ‘dangles’ because it is not followed by its proper subject. 1985 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 12 May 14/2 Miss Shields, though perhaps guilty of a misplaced modifier, is surely innocent of a dangling modifier. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1611adj.1597 |
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