单词 | hang up |
释义 | hang up 1. hang [sense 1]verb B1 If something hangs in a high place or position, or if you hang it there, it is attached there so it does not touch the ground. Notices painted on sheets hang at every entrance. [VERB preposition/adverb] A light-bulb hanging from the ceiling filled the room with a cold yellow light. [VERB preposition/adverb] The curtains will be hanging there for years. [VERB preposition/adverb] I was left hanging by my finger-tips over a drop of hundreds of feet. [VERB preposition/adverb] ...small hanging lanterns. [VERB-ing] They saw a young woman come out of the house to hang clothes on a line. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Synonyms: dangle, swing, suspend, be pendent 2. phrasal verb B1 If you hang up or you hang up the phone, you end a phone call. If you hang up on someone you are speaking to on the phone, you end the phone call suddenly and unexpectedly. Mum hung up the phone. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Don't hang up! [VERB PARTICLE] He said he'd call again, and hung up on me. [VERB PARTICLE + on] 3. phrasal verb You can use hang up to indicate that someone stops doing a particular sport or activity that they have regularly done over a long period. For example, when a footballer hangs up his or her boots, he or she stops playing football. Keegan announced he was hanging up his boots for good. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Looking back, she feels she should never have hung up her backpack. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 4. See also hang-up, hung up See full dictionary entry for hang hang-up Word forms: hang-ups countable noun If you have a hang-up about something, you have a feeling of fear, anxiety, or embarrassment about it. [informal] I don't have any hang-ups about my body. [+ about] Synonyms: preoccupation, thing [informal], problem, block Translations: Chinese: 挂断 Japanese: 電話を切る |
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