英语词汇“dangle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINdangle

Origin:

1500-1600 Probably from a Scandinavian language

VERB TABLE

dangle

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	dangle
	he, she, it	dangles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	dangled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have dangled
	he, she, it	has dangled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had dangled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will dangle
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have dangled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am dangling
	he, she, it	is dangling
	you, we, they	are dangling
Past	I, he, she, it	was dangling
	you, we, they	were dangling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been dangling
	he, she, it	has been dangling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been dangling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be dangling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been dangling

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Dangling from her ears were two large gold earrings.
He dangled helplessly from the cliff, trying not to look down.
We sat on the edge of the pool with our legs dangling in the water.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A lone naked bulb dangled from the ceiling.
A visitor was attempting to lure a squirrel close for a picture by dangling and rattling his car keys.
It's a big carrot he's dangling in front of Marler's nose.
It was that which was cutting her in two as she dangled from it.
One or two ancient graves were neglected, rusty iron crosses dangling broken beadwork bouquets.
Rose rushed at Dieter and made a grab at his wrist, as if fearing to find handcuffs dangling from it.
She dangled a hand in the water.

Longman Language Activatorwhen something hangs down► hang

· He stood very still, his arms hanging loosely, his feet apart.hang from · In the corner of the room was a large lamp, hanging from the ceiling.· The watch was on a gold chain that hung from his belt.hang down · Hold one end of the rope in your hand and let the other end hang down.hang on/under/next to etc · The keys are hanging on a nail by the door.· A picture of their parents hangs over the bedroom door.

► dangle

to hang loosely, moving slightly from side to side: dangle from: · Dangling from her ears were two large gold earrings.· He dangled helplessly from the cliff, trying not to look down.dangle in/over/next to etc: · We sat on the edge of the pool with our legs dangling in the water.

► be suspended

to be hanging from a high position: be suspended by: · A row of hares were suspended by their feet outside the butcher's shop.be suspended from: · All sorts of artefacts were suspended from the ceiling.

► swing

to move from side to side while hanging from a higher position, or to make something do this: swing from: · A lantern swung from a hook in the roof.· A small jewelled cross swung from a gold chain around her neck.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► dangling/dangly earrings

(=long earrings that hang down from your ear)· I put on some gold dangly earrings.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► down

· The other she draped across her forehead, so the karaso dangled down her back.· It was rattan, dozens of broken ends of it, dangling down like stubble.· It was fastened tightly on to the right horn, so it dangled down over the cheek and eye.· Indeed, threads dangled down from all life, psychic and non-psychic alike.· Wrap the string around four or five times, with the loose end dangling down in between.· He was dangling down the side of the bank, his face and body pressed into the mud.· On one Borrowdale route, DejaVu, he left a long sling dangling down to aid an injured second.

► over

· Claire now conscious of rogue hairstyle, lopsidedly dangling over left eye. 9.01 Libby Purves on radio.· Dorcas lowered himself gingerly on to the brink and sat with his legs dangling over the drop.· Victorine perched in the darkness on a wooden bench with no back, feet dangling over the steep invisible ground.

NOUN► cigarette

· There was always a cigarette dangling at a dozen different angles from his lips.· Jack Scamp had a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth.· The cigarette dangled from his lips, unlit.

► foot

· His left foot, dangling beneath the slight overlap, stabbed frantically.· Rufus was sitting on the blue-tiled rim of it with his feet dangling in the water.· If this means raising their chair, workers may find their feet are dangling.· Victorine perched in the darkness on a wooden bench with no back, feet dangling over the steep invisible ground.

► front

· It's a big carrot he's dangling in front of Marler's nose.

► hand

· The bottle dangled hopelessly from the hand into which Mona had thrust it.· Jesse was waiting, a long hook dangling from his hand.· Gazzer, with the keys dangling from his hand, leading Madge away.· She dangled a hand in the water.· He picked up a second kitten, dangled one from each hand, swung them so that they hit each other.· Gnawed arms ripped from the body but still dangling from the hands to the skewering pole.· She scuffed across the sand next to Mitchell, sandals dangling from her hand.

► leg

· She looked up to see that Belle hadn't made it: her legs were dangling into the corridor.· The subject is instructed to sit on the edge of the table with legs dangling.· An animal's pelt covered his scalp, its empty legs dangling beside his ears, yet it seemed not at all absurd.· We sat down on the roof of the catwalk and let our legs dangle.· Two men passed by and looked down at Carol, who crossed her legs, dangling one high-heeled shoe from her toes.· We were sitting on the end of the pier, legs dangling over the water.· Dorcas lowered himself gingerly on to the brink and sat with his legs dangling over the drop.· Gait jerky, with tail often flirted, legs dangling in flight.

VERB► leave

· Fulfilled happiness, like the circle, leaves no ends dangling to sway in our dreams, waking or night-time.· But Clinton had left her dangling, repeatedly refusing to say whether she would win reappointment.· On one Borrowdale route, DejaVu, he left a long sling dangling down to aid an injured second.· Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole could not leave it dangling as a rebuke to his legislative skills during his presidential campaign.