单词 | hung |
释义 | hungadj. 1. a. Suspended, attached so as to hang down, etc.; see the verb. Often with qualification, as well, ill. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] yhongeOE uphunga1400 suspensec1440 hanging1483 uphanged1555 hung1663 suspended1796 swung1812 suspensive1827 overhung1868 1663 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 8) sig. G5/2 Annulet, a thing hung about the neck. 1678 Quacks Acad. 6 A Tongue well hung. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 99 The carriage is..well hung. 1894 Athenæum 22 Sept. 393/2 In all hung window sashes means should be adopted to permit both the sashes being removed. b. Of meat: Suspended in the air to be cured by drying, or (in the case of game) to become ‘high’. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > [adjective] > hung mortified1617 well-hung1741 hung1746 1746 Moffett & Bennet's Health's Improvem. (new ed.) xxvi. 349 Country-labourers, accustomed to feed usually upon hung Beef. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 106 Old ewe~mutton, hung-meat, and household bread. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. iv. 58 A piece of hung beef and six loaves. 1863 Morning Star 1 Jan. 5 I have heard Dr. Hill's evidence as to hung game being unwholesome and unfit for food. 2. a. Furnished or decorated with hanging things. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > hung with ornament behungc897 behangedc1175 hung1648 festooned1769 the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > furnished with hanging things hung1648 pendent with1796 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 16 All her masts and tacklings hung with paper Lanthornes. 1791 Trans. Soc. Arts 9 33 They [peas] grew rapidly and were very well hung. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 385 At the larger houses of entertainment were to be found beds hung with silk. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [adjective] > testicle hunga1642 testicular1656 orchic1857 intratesticular1888 a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 3 Hunge tuppes are such as have both the stones in the codde. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xviii. 38 They cut off his Genitories (and they say he was hung like an Asse). 1685 London Gaz. No. 1998/4 A large Hound Bitch..pretty well hung, all white. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Well-hung. 3. a. Of a jury: unable to agree. Cf. hang v. 6b, 17c. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [adjective] > of jury: unable to agree hung1848 1848 E. Bryant What I saw in Calif. xxvi. 328 The jury..were what is called ‘hung’; they could not agree, and the matters in issue, therefore, remained exactly where they were. 1962 Listener 10 May 799/1 No one would deny that a deadlocked jury—what the Americans call a hung jury—is a bad thing. 1965 J. Porter Dover Two v. 63 What with hung juries, appeals and pleas for mercy, they'd had it [sc. the story] on ice for a long time. b. Of an elected body: in which no political party has an overall majority. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > [adjective] > in which no party has majority hung1974 1974 Economist 3 Aug. 13/2 This Parliament has been called many names: the hung, the cynical, the shiftless, the cowed. 1978 Times 22 May 2 He saw all the pointers to another hung parliament. 1979 Economist 12 May 24/3 A hung parliament..helped to produce these hung councils. 1983 Listener 14 Apr. 4/3 We must not expect politicians to say anything sensible about their intentions in a hung Parliament until the results are known. 1985 Abingdon Herald 21 Feb. 6/4 There could be a ‘hung’ council, probably with the Tories being the largest group but unable to form an administration without the support of one of the other parties. 4. slang. Suffering from excess of liquor (or drugs). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [adjective] intoxicated1576 drunk1585 besotted1831 drugged1871 dopey1896 doped1903 piped1906 lit1912 loaded1923 high1932 polluted1938 stone1945 straight1946 impaired1951 on the nod1951 buzzed1952 stoned1953 hung1958 strung out1959 zonked1959 shot1964 out of (also off) one's bird1966 ripped1966 wiped1966 amped1967 tanked1968 wrecked1968 whacked out1969 wired1970 jagged1973 funked up1976 annihilated1980 junked out1982 obliterated1984 caned1992 wankered1992 twatted1993 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > suffering effects of excessive drinking babalaas1947 hung-over1950 impaired1951 hung1958 overhung1964 hanging1971 1958 Amer. Speech 33 225 Drunks are hung, too. 1963 H. Slesar Bridge of Lions i. 7 I know you're hung, Mr. Drew. 1968 ‘J. Hudson’ Case of Need vi. 126 I was hung over from a party after the game. Really hung. Too hung. Compounds hung-over adj. [compare hangover n. 2] having or affected by a hangover. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > suffering effects of excessive drinking babalaas1947 hung-over1950 impaired1951 hung1958 overhung1964 hanging1971 1950 R. Starnes And when she was Bad (1953) xvi. 76 Brafferton just came in, looking as hung over as you can get. 1952 J. van Druten I am a Camera (1954) 90 Enters..wearing a dressing gown and looks hung-over. ‘I say, you don't look too well this morning.’ ‘I've got a terrible hangover.’ 1960 Homes & Gardens Aug. 70/2 It is said to have therapeutic qualities on hungover mornings. 1960 I. Shaw Two Weeks in Another Town x. 125 He awoke late, feeling headachy and hung-over from the liquor of the night before. 1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed vii. 48 A score or more of addicts—all hungover. 1972 C. Drummond Death at Bar v. 139 Christ! You look hung over!.. What about drinks all round? 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