hang1/hæŋ; hæŋ/v past tense and past participle hung /hʌŋ; hʌŋ/1 also 又作 hang up [I,T] to put something somewhere so that its top part is fixed but its bottom part is free to move, or to be in this position 悬挂﹔吊: hang sth above/on/over etc sth He hung his coat on the back of the door. 他把自己的外套挂在门后面。+from/on/over etc Her portrait was hanging on the wall. 墙上挂着她的肖像。The shirt hung down to his knees. 这件衬衫垂到他的膝盖了。see box at见 CLOTHES 方框2 [I,T] past tense and past participle hanged to kill someone by dropping them with a rope around their neck, or to die in this way, as a punishment for a crime(被)吊死﹐(被)绞死: be hanged for sth He was hanged for murder. 他因犯有谋杀罪被绞死。Corey hanged himself in his prison cell. 科里在牢房里上吊自杀了。3 [I] to stay in the air in the same place for a long time〔在空中〕悬浮﹐久久不散: Dark clouds hung over the valley. 山谷上空乌云笼罩。4 hang your head to look ashamed and embarrassed〔羞愧﹑尴尬地〕垂着头: Lewis hung his head and refused to answer. 刘易斯垂着头﹐拒绝回答。5 hang in the balance if something hangs in the balance, it is not certain what will happen to it 前景难料﹔安危难说: Our whole future is hanging in the balance. 我们的前途完全无法预料。6 leave sb/sth hanging to not finish something or not tell someone your decision about something 让某人心里没底/让某事悬而未决: The investigation should not be left hanging. 不应该让调查悬着没了下文。hang around/round also 又作 hang aboutBrE 【英】phr v informal 【非正式】1 hang around (sth) to stay in one place without doing very much 无所事事地逗留﹔闲荡: We hung around outside school for about an hour. 我们在学校外闲荡了一个小时左右。2 hang around with sb to spend a lot of time with someone 和某人厮混: I don’t like the people she hangs around with. 我不喜欢她交往的那些人。 hang back phr v to not want to move forward or speak, often because you are shy〔常因害羞而〕退缩﹐犹豫: Joe tends to hang back and let the others do the talking. 乔总是缩在后面﹐让别人说话。hang on phr v 1 hang on!spoken used to tell someone to wait for you【口】等等!: Hang on, I’ll be with you in a minute! 等等﹐我马上就来!2 informal to hold something tightly【非正式】抓紧﹐抓牢: Hang on everybody, the road's pretty bumpy. 请大家抓紧了﹐这条路很颠簸。hang onto sb/sthphr v informal to keep something【非正式】保留﹐保存: Hang onto that letter – you might need it later. 把那封信保存好—你以后可能用得着。hang out phr v informal 【非正式】1 to spend a lot of time at a particular place or with particular people 闲荡﹔厮混: Where does he usually hang out? 他经常在哪儿消遣?2 hang sth out to hang clothes outside in order to dry them 晾晒〔衣服〕hang up phr v 1 to finish a telephone conversation by putting the telephone down 挂断电话: She said good night and hung up. 她说了声晚安就挂了电话。+on Don’t hang up on me! (=put the phone down during a conversation because you are angry) 别挂断我的电话!see box at见 TELEPHONE1 方框2 hang sth up to hang clothes on a hook etc 挂起〔衣服〕
hang2n get the hang of (doing) sthinformal to learn how to do something【非正式】学会(做)某事: You’ll soon get the hang of using the computer. 你很快就能学会使用电脑。