单词 | suspend |
释义 | suspend v.tr.   1. hang up.   2. keep inoperative or undecided for a time; defer.   3. debar temporarily from a function, office, privilege, etc.   4. (as suspended adj.) (of solid particles or a body in a fluid medium) sustained somewhere between top and bottom. Phrases and idioms suspended animation a temporary cessation of the vital functions without death. suspended sentence a judicial sentence left unenforced subject to good behaviour during a specified period. suspend payment (of a company) fail to meet its financial engagements; admit insolvency. Derivatives suspensible adj. Etymology: ME f. OF suspendre or L suspendere suspens- (as SUB-, pendere hang) |
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