| 单词 | hang up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hang up to hang up 1. transitive. To fasten a thing on high so that it is supported only from above; to suspend on a hook, peg, or the like. Also absol.: = to hang up the receiver of a telephone at the end of a conversation; to hang up on: to break off telephonic communication with. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or suspend [verb (transitive)] ahangOE hangc1000 to hang upa1400 knagc1400 peisea1425 suspendc1440 swing1529 sling1697 uphang1748 gibbet1749 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate by telephone [verb (intransitive)] > end connection disconnect1879 to ring off1882 to hang up1911 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate with by telephone [verb (transitive)] > break off connection with disconnect1877 to hang up on1928 to cut off1932 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12072 And be þe har he vp him hang þat all moght se him spek him to. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 477 Now sir, heng vp þyn ax. c1440 Anc. Cookery in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 447 Honge hit up in a clothe a lytel while. 1686 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 3) v. iii. 28 A Range of Presses made with Peggs in them to hang up Saddles [etc.]. 1726 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1890) VIII. 174 All Mayors..are hereby ordered to hing or cause to be hung up this order in some public place. a1898 Mod. Let me hang up your overcoat. 1911 A. B. Smith Mod. Amer. Telephony xxvi. 759 When the subscribers are through talking, they hang up their receivers. 1928 E. Wallace Double viii ‘Oh, Mr. Staines!.. What a dull life yours must be!’ And then she hung up on him, and left him feeling like a spanked child. 1928 F. N. Hart Bellamy Trial iii. 101 He'd hung up, I guess. Anyway he didn't answer. 1952 A. Baron With Hope, Farewell 103 He managed to say, ‘Thank you,’ and was about to hang up. 1960 Daily Tel. 15 Aug. 17/5 Several directors and secretaries of firms told me that they hung up within a minute if they could not get through. 1968 ‘P. Barrington’ Accessory to Murder vii. 125 Mrs. Lindley heard the click of the receiver and became indignant. He'd almost hung up on her. 2. Phrases. to hang up (one's sword, gun, etc.): to put aside in disuse; to give up using. to hang up one's hat: see quots.; to hang up one's boots, to give up playing a game; to hang up the spoon, to die; to hang up a record, to set up a record. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > establish residence wickc897 telda1325 buildc1340 nestlea1382 to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400 to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425 to take one's lodgec1475 reside1490 inhabit1548 to settle one's rest1562 to sit down1579 to set up (or in) one's staff (of rest)1584 to set (up) one's rest1590 nest1591 to set down one's rest1591 roost1593 inherit1600 habituate1603 seat1612 to take up (one's) residencea1626 settle1627 pitch1629 fix1638 locate1652 to marry and settle1718 domesticate1768 domiciliate1815 to hang up one's hat1826 domicile1831 to stick one's stakes1872 homestead1877 to put down roots1882 to hang one's hat1904 localize1930 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > refrain from using [verb (transitive)] > cease to use leaveeOE to lay downa1450 abuse1471 disuse1487 to leave off1570 sink1705 to put down1733 to hang up (one's sword, gun, etc.)1826 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > surpass what has been done or exists > set a record to hang up a record1930 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 561 Ich mai honge vp min ax, febliche ic abbe agonne. 1595 Maroccus Ext. p. v And therewith mee thinkes I see him hang the hat upon the pin againe. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. ii. viii. 46 Before we sheathe our sword, and hang it upon the naile.] 1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies 249 And having fought through the Peninsula hung up his sword non sine gloria. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. v. 78 A little more practice, and I will..hang my gun up over the chimney. 1851 Logansport (Indiana) Jrnl. 13 Dec. 2/4 A..law abiding patriot who would hang up his hat in the White House with a single-minded resolution to serve the country to the extent of his ability. 1855 A. Trollope Warden xix. 308 Eight hundred a-year, and as nice a house as any gentleman could wish to hang up his hat in. 1876 A. Trollope Prime Minister II. ii. xx. 335 Lopez can come in and hang up his hat whenever it pleases him. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) When a man marries and goes home to the wife's house to live, he is said to ‘hang up his hat’. 1925 O. Jespersen Mankind, Nation & Individual ix. 166 There are countless variants [for ‘to die’]..take an earth bath, hang up the spoon, snuff the candle, snuff it. 1930 Publishers' Weekly 15 Mar. 1508/2 A record sale was hung up..on Tuesday... Four hundred and ten copies of the book were sold in one hour. 1938 D. Runyon Take it Easy xv. 283 Professor D. says he has no doubt that under the old rule Nicely-Nicely will hang up a record that will endure through the ages. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang 44 Reside, hang up one's hat. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang 132 Die, hang up one's hat. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang 242 Hang up one's hat,..to be perfectly at ease, make oneself at home. 1949 F. Sargeson I saw in my Dream ii. xiii. 113 Some said that..he'd have had more self-respect if he'd told the girl to go and hang her hat up somewhere else. 1963 Times 23 Jan. 3/4 Johnson, Miller, and Johnston hung up their boots soon afterwards and two years later Benaud began to build the side. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)] hangc1000 anhangOE forhangc1300 to loll up1377 gallowa1400 twitchc1450 titc1480 truss1536 beswinga1566 trine1567 to turn over1570 to turn off1581 to turn (a person) on the toe1594 to stretch1595 derrick1600 underhang1603 halter1616 staba1661 noose1664 alexander1666 nub1673 ketch1681 tuck1699 gibbet1726 string1728 scrag1756 to hang up1771 crap1773 patibulate1811 strap1815 swing1816 croak1823 yardarm1829 to work off1841 suspercollatea1863 dangle1887 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 57 Hang vp philosophie, Vnlesse philosophie can make a Iuliet, Displant a Towne. View more context for this quotation 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 51 The shape of Loues Tiburne, that hanges vp Simplicitie. View more context for this quotation 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. 10 Feversham, immediately after the victory, hanged up above twenty prisoners. 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. II. ii. 59 If Philip takes the city, he will hang up Aster. 4. To put ‘on the shelf’ or into abeyance; to keep back, delay, detain for an indefinite time. Also to hang it up: to chalk it up, to give credit. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > be in suspense [verb (intransitive)] dependc1430 to hang up1623 to be on (the) tenter(s1633 to be on (the) tenterhooks1748 (to be, sit, stand, walk) on thorns (a thorn)1768 society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > be solvent [verb (intransitive)] > give credit trust1647 tick1712 to hang it up1841 1623 F. Ryves Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. lxi. 301 After a while, that Negotiation was hung up upon the Nail, in expectance of the Princes return. 1803 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 33 He might hang the matter up..as long as he pleased. 1841 ‘F. L. G.’ Swell's Night Guide Gloss. Hang it Up, to go on Credit. 1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. xiii. 225 The Roost of Sumburgh will..‘hang up’ a vessel among its..currents..for days together. 1874 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age I. xiii. 172 The Colonel muttered something to the barkeeper about ‘hanging it up’. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Oct. 1/1 Carried by a larger majority than that which hung up the Franchise Bill in July. 1890 Spectator 12 July 37/2 The proposal..to hang up Bills which might be proceeded with in another session of the same Parliament without beginning de novo. 1942 S. H. Adams Tambay Gold xiv. 191 They hung me up for the parking fee. 5. To fasten or tie up (a horse). Australian colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > tether renewc1450 tether1483 stake1544 picket1729 headline1800 flit1816 hang1835 to rack up1843 bail1846 to hang up1858 bush1871 manger1905 1858 W. Kelly Life in Victoria (1860) 49 In Melbourne there are posts sunk in the ground almost opposite every door... Fastening your horse to one of these posts is called ‘hanging him up’. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xvi. 185 The gentleman in advance hung up his horse and walked into the house. 1895 Pall Mall Mag. Sept. 104 He hung up his horse to that post. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 118 On the Saturday many good hacks were hung up at the hotel. 6. intransitive. To be suspended on a wall, etc. Also: to suspend movement or action; to stop or stay. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease activity or operation [verb (intransitive)] restOE pause1440 breathe1485 interpausea1535 respett1561 to take pausement1599 intermita1604 to turn down a (also the, this, etc.) leaf1633 interspire1647 suspend1650 stop1711 to hang up1845 1667 S. Pepys Diary 22 July (1974) VIII. 347 In my Lord's Roome..where all the Judges' pictures hang up. 1845 Greenfield Fish. Rec., Chowan, N.C. 6 May in N. E. Eliason Tarheel Talk (1956) 276 Made 2 hauls & hung up [for the fishing season]. 1854 Congress. Globe App. 108 In reading the President's message,..he got befogged, and, in the language of the Kentucky boatman, ‘hung up for the night’. 1874 E. Eggleston Circuit Rider xvi. 142 You mout git a place about a mile furder on whar you could hang up for the night. 1895 Dial. Notes 1 372 A mower, when rain was coming on: ‘I reckon we'll have to hang up for all day.’ 7. Taxi drivers' slang. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport by vehicles plying for hire > [verb (intransitive)] > drive a cab > travel at random seeking business lob1819 cruise1930 to hang up1930 1930 ‘A. Armstrong’ Taxi xii. 164 ‘Hanging it up’ is loitering past a theatre to snatch a fare away from the recognized rank. 1939 H. Hodge Cab, Sir? i. v. 50 Policemen in these outer districts are more easy-going than in the West End. So I chance ‘hanging it up’ as we call it, near the door, keeping my engine running in case the policeman looks too nasty. to hang up (one's sword, gun, etc.) 2. Phrases. to hang up (one's sword, gun, etc.): to put aside in disuse; to give up using. to hang up one's hat: see quots.; to hang up one's boots, to give up playing a game; to hang up the spoon, to die; to hang up a record, to set up a record. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > establish residence wickc897 telda1325 buildc1340 nestlea1382 to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400 to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425 to take one's lodgec1475 reside1490 inhabit1548 to settle one's rest1562 to sit down1579 to set up (or in) one's staff (of rest)1584 to set (up) one's rest1590 nest1591 to set down one's rest1591 roost1593 inherit1600 habituate1603 seat1612 to take up (one's) residencea1626 settle1627 pitch1629 fix1638 locate1652 to marry and settle1718 domesticate1768 domiciliate1815 to hang up one's hat1826 domicile1831 to stick one's stakes1872 homestead1877 to put down roots1882 to hang one's hat1904 localize1930 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > refrain from using [verb (transitive)] > cease to use leaveeOE to lay downa1450 abuse1471 disuse1487 to leave off1570 sink1705 to put down1733 to hang up (one's sword, gun, etc.)1826 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > surpass what has been done or exists > set a record to hang up a record1930 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 561 Ich mai honge vp min ax, febliche ic abbe agonne. 1595 Maroccus Ext. p. v And therewith mee thinkes I see him hang the hat upon the pin againe. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. ii. viii. 46 Before we sheathe our sword, and hang it upon the naile.] 1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies 249 And having fought through the Peninsula hung up his sword non sine gloria. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. v. 78 A little more practice, and I will..hang my gun up over the chimney. 1851 Logansport (Indiana) Jrnl. 13 Dec. 2/4 A..law abiding patriot who would hang up his hat in the White House with a single-minded resolution to serve the country to the extent of his ability. 1855 A. Trollope Warden xix. 308 Eight hundred a-year, and as nice a house as any gentleman could wish to hang up his hat in. 1876 A. Trollope Prime Minister II. ii. xx. 335 Lopez can come in and hang up his hat whenever it pleases him. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) When a man marries and goes home to the wife's house to live, he is said to ‘hang up his hat’. 1925 O. Jespersen Mankind, Nation & Individual ix. 166 There are countless variants [for ‘to die’]..take an earth bath, hang up the spoon, snuff the candle, snuff it. 1930 Publishers' Weekly 15 Mar. 1508/2 A record sale was hung up..on Tuesday... Four hundred and ten copies of the book were sold in one hour. 1938 D. Runyon Take it Easy xv. 283 Professor D. says he has no doubt that under the old rule Nicely-Nicely will hang up a record that will endure through the ages. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang 44 Reside, hang up one's hat. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang 132 Die, hang up one's hat. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang 242 Hang up one's hat,..to be perfectly at ease, make oneself at home. 1949 F. Sargeson I saw in my Dream ii. xiii. 113 Some said that..he'd have had more self-respect if he'd told the girl to go and hang her hat up somewhere else. 1963 Times 23 Jan. 3/4 Johnson, Miller, and Johnston hung up their boots soon afterwards and two years later Benaud began to build the side. to hang up to hang up v. extracted from hangv.< as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。