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单词 hang
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hangverb

uk/hæŋ/us/hæŋ/

hang verb (FIX AT TOP)

B1 [ I or T, + adv/prep ] hung, hung to fasten or support something at the top leaving the other parts free to move, or to be held in this way:

A heavy gold necklace hung around her neck.
Party decorations hung (down) from the ceiling.
The curtains hung in thick folds.
Hang your coat and hat (up) on the rack over there.
Many of his finest pictures hang/are hung (= are attached to the wall so that they can be seen) in the National Gallery.
Hang the pheasant/Let the pheasant hang for a few days for the flavour to improve before you cook it.

[ T ] hung, hung If you hang wallpaper, you fix it to the wall.

More examples

  • If I were you, I'd hang that sweater on the line and let it drip-dry.
  • We could hang this picture on the wall next to the door.
  • A string of onions hung from a beam in the kitchen.
  • The shirts hanging on the line billowed in the breeze.
  • Stand the paintings against the wall while we decide where to hang them.

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Hanging and suspending

  • cascade
  • dangle
  • dangly
  • drape
  • droop
  • fall
  • flow
  • pendant
  • pendent
  • pendulous
  • sag
  • saggy
  • sling
  • slung
  • string
  • string sth up
  • suspend

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Building: interior decoration
Curtains & wallpaper

hang verb (KILL)

B2 [ I or T ] hanged or hung, hanged or hung to kill someone, especially as punishment for a serious crime, by dropping them with a rope tied around their neck, or to die in this way:

He was found guilty and hanged later that year.
With so little evidence to prove her guilt, few people thought she should hang.
The woman tried to hang herself with a sheet.
See also
hangman

More examples

  • The leaders of the rebellion were hanged as traitors.
  • Ruth Ellis has the dubious distinction of being the last woman to be hanged in Britain.
  • She said he should be hanged for what he has done, and that he does not deserve to live.
  • Traitors would be publicly hung, drawn and quartered in Tudor times.
  • The gibbet still stands today, at the crossroads where common criminals were hanged.

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Death penalties

  • behead
  • burn
  • capital punishment
  • chair
  • condemn
  • condemn sb to (do) sth
  • condemned
  • decapitate
  • execute
  • execution
  • executioner
  • gallows
  • hangman
  • hung, drawn, and quartered idiom
  • noose
  • scaffold
  • stake
  • stone
  • string
  • string sb up

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hang verb (STAY)

C2 [ I ] hung, hung to stay in the air:

The falcon seemed to hang in the air for a moment before diving onto its prey.
Smoke from the houses hung above the village.
literary The sound of the bells hung in the midnight air.

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Staying and remaining

  • closeted
  • halt
  • hold
  • hold sb over
  • keep to somewhere
  • leave
  • leftover
  • residual
  • rest
  • sit tight idiom
  • sojourn
  • stand
  • stay
  • stay behind
  • stop
  • tarry
  • vestigial
  • wait
  • wait behind
  • wait for sb

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hang verb (BEND DOWN)

[ I or T ] hung, hung to curve down:

The branches hung heavy with snow.
He knew he'd done something wrong and hung his head in shame.

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Hanging and suspending

  • cascade
  • dangle
  • dangly
  • drape
  • droop
  • fall
  • flow
  • pendant
  • pendent
  • pendulous
  • sag
  • saggy
  • sling
  • slung
  • string
  • string sth up
  • suspend

hang verb (SPEND TIME)

informal mainly US to spend time relaxing with a person or in a place:

Ashley spent most of the evening hanging with her friend.
Sometimes we just hang in the park.

More examples

  • We play music together, hang with girls, play basketball.
  • My boyfriend doesn't like me always hanging with my friends.
  • Do you want to come over and hang at my place?

Idiom(s)

go hang (yourself)
hang by a thread
hang in there
hang the cost/expense
hang tough
have sb/sth hanging round your neck
hung, drawn, and quartered
I'll be hanged if...
I'll be hanged if I know
you might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb

Phrasal verb(s)

hang around
hang around (somewhere)
hang around with sb
hang back
hang on
hang sth on sb
hang on/upon sth
hang onto sth
hang out
hang over sth
hang round (somewhere)
hang round with sb
hang together
hang up
hang sth up

hangnoun

uk/hæŋ/us/hæŋ/
get the hang of sth C2 informal

to learn how to do something, especially if it is not obvious or simple:

"I've never used this program before." "Don't worry - you'll soon get the hang of it."
the hang

the way something made of cloth looks when it is hanging:

That coat fits you so well - the hang is perfect.

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Adapting and attuning to something

  • accustom yourself to sth
  • accustomed
  • adapt
  • adaptable
  • as (if) to the manner born idiom
  • bearing
  • get into the swing of it/things idiom
  • get into your stride idiom
  • habituated
  • hardened
  • inure sb to sth
  • plug
  • second nature
  • settle
  • settle down
  • settle in
  • settle sb in
  • settled
  • stride
  • swing

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