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单词 suspendibility
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
sus•pend /səˈspɛnd/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object]
  1. to hang by attachment to something above, esp. so as to allow free movement;
    dangle:Suspend the swing from the tree branch.
  2. to keep from falling or sinking, as if by hanging:to suspend particles in a liquid.
  3. to keep undecided:I'll suspend judgment until all the facts are in.
  4. to put off, defer, or bring to a stop:to suspend a sentence for a misdemeanor.
  5. to bring to a stop, usually for a time:He suspended payments on the car until it was fixed.
  6. to remove (someone) from membership in or prevent (someone) from attending, usually for a limited time, a job, school, club, etc., esp. as a punishment:suspended from school for drinking on school property.
See -pend-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sus•pend  (sə spend),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to hang by attachment to something above:to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
  2. to attach so as to allow free movement:to suspend a door on a hinge.
  3. to keep from falling, sinking, forming a deposit, etc., as if by hanging:to suspend solid particles in a liquid.
  4. to hold or keep undetermined;
    refrain from forming or concluding definitely:to suspend one's judgment.
  5. to defer or postpone:to suspend sentence on a convicted person.
  6. to cause to cease or bring to a stop or stay, usually for a time:to suspend payment.
  7. to cause to cease for a time from operation or effect, as a law, rule, privilege, service, or the like:to suspend ferry service.
  8. to debar, usually for a limited time, from the exercise of an office or function or the enjoyment of a privilege:The student was suspended from school.
  9. to keep in a mood or feeling of expectation or incompleteness;
    keep waiting in suspense:Finish the story; don't suspend us in midair.
  10. Music and Danceto prolong (a note or tone) into the next chord.

v.i. 
  1. to come to a stop, usually temporarily;
    cease from operation for a time.
  2. to stop payment;
    be unable to meet financial obligations.
  3. to hang or be suspended, as from another object:The chandelier suspends from the ceiling.
  4. to be suspended, as in a liquid, gas, etc.
  • Latin suspendere to hang up, equivalent. to sus- sus- + pendere (transitive) to hang (see pend, suspense)
  • Middle English suspenden 1250–1300
sus•pendi•ble, adj. 
sus•pend′i•bili•ty, n. 
    • 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hold up, intermit. See interrupt. 

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