| 单词 | to hang by a thread |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hang by (on, upon) a thread 12. That by which something is suspended, or upon which things hang. to hang by (on, upon) a thread: to be in a precarious condition. Often with reference to the legend of Damocles. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > future [verb (intransitive)] > be imminent comeOE nigha1225 to draw nearc1330 approachc1374 drawa1375 to stand ina1382 to stand ona1382 instand1382 to draw ona1450 proacha1450 to draw nigha1470 to fall at handa1535 to hang by (on, upon) a threada1538 instant1541 to prick fast upon1565 impend1674 simmer1703 depend1710 loom1827 to knock about1866 to come up1909 the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that by which something is suspended > like a thread threada1538 c888 : see sense 1. ] a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 81 But thys hangyth only apon the wyl of the prynce a veray weke thred in such a case. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lxiijv There hangeth assuredly a wounderfull daunger ouer you, as a sworde dependynge ouer your neckes by a twhyne threde. 1607 H. Raymond Ode in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 360 Life, ioy, and euery pleasant weede, Scarce hangeth by a slender threede. 1804 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 19 My evening prospects now hang on the slender thread of a single life. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 94 Hair-bridges, suspending you by a thread of logic. < as lemmas |
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