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

verb | noun

slingsling1 /slɪŋ/ verb (past tense and past participle slung /slʌŋ/) [transitive always + adv./prep.]

ETYMOLOGYsling¹

Origin: 1200-1300 Probably from Old Norse slyngva to throw violently

VERB TABLE

sling

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	sling
	he, she, it	slings
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	slung
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have slung
	he, she, it	has slung
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had slung
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have slung

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

1to throw or put something somewhere with a wide careless movement: sling something around/over etc. something Pat picked up his bag and slung it over his shoulder.2[usually passive] to hang something loosely: (be) slung around/over/on etc. something Dave wore a tool belt slung around his waist.3sling hash old-fashioned slang to work as a waitress or waiter in a cheap restaurant → see also gunslinger, low-slung, mudslinging

verb | noun

slingsling2 noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYsling²

Origin: 1300-1400 Perhaps from Middle Low German slinge

COLLOCATIONS► in a sling

She had her arm in a sling for months.

1a piece of cloth tied around your neck to support your injured arm or hand: She had her arm in a sling for months.2a set of ropes or strong pieces of cloth that hold heavy objects to be lifted or carried3slings and arrows criticism and remarks that are intended to hurt someone’s feelings4a special type of bag that fastens over your shoulders, in which you can carry a baby next to your body5a narrow piece of leather or cloth on a gun, used for carrying it over your shoulder6a simple weapon consisting of a long thin piece of rope with a piece of leather in the middle, used in the past for throwing stones