| 单词 | head-hanging |
| 释义 | > as lemmashead-hanging head-hanging n. and adj. (a) n. the action of hanging one's head, esp. in shame or despondency; (more generally) the expression of such emotions; (b) adj. (of a person) that hangs his or her head, esp. in shame or despondency; (more generally) that expresses, or is expressive of, these emotions in any way. ΚΠ 1888 World (N.Y.) 16 Dec. 22/3 What puzzled me more..was the continuous head-hanging of the patients. 1890 J. Todhunter Sicilian Idyll i. 19 Went they not so?..With such head-hanging sighs? Their arms crost thus? Some woman was the cause. 1995 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 22 Oct. v. 5/4 ‘There was no head-hanging at halftime,’ said junior linebacker Brian Sheridan. 2002 Amer. Art 16 51/1 The three-tiered frieze..shows at top and bottom a dirgelike procession of head-hanging men and beasts. < as lemmas |
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