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单词 hung
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hungadj.

Brit. /hʌŋ/, U.S. /həŋ/
Etymology: past participle of hang v.
1.
a. Suspended, attached so as to hang down, etc.; see the verb. Often with qualification, as well, ill.
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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.
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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.
b. Having pendent organs. Obsolete.
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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.
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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).
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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?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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