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单词 strung out
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strung out

1. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If things are strung out somewhere, they are spread out in a line.
Buildings were strung out on the north side of the river.
2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If someone is strung out on drugs, they are heavily affected by drugs.
[informal]
He was permanently strung out on heroin. [+ on]

strung out in British English

adjective slang
1. 
addicted to a drug
2. 
(of a drug addict) suffering or distressed because of the lack of a drug

strung out in American English

US, Slang
1. 
suffering from the physical or mental effects of addiction to a narcotic drug
2. 
mentally exhausted or extremely nervous
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Examples of 'strung out' in a sentence
strung out

I've got this heavy habit, see, man, and I was, see, strung out... `
Tapply, William G THE DUTCH BLUE ERROR
`I want him out of here," Desmond said, voice irritated, strung out.
Duncan, Robert L THE SERPENT'S MARK
Now the little troop was strung out like competitors in some macabre race as they struggled for home.
Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE
We had long since broken order, and now we rode as we could, strung out in a ragged line beneath the trees.
David Zindell THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART ONE OF THE EA CYCLE (2002)
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