单词 | hangings-on |
释义 | > as lemmashangings-on a. Something that hangs or is suspended; something attached, an appendage; also figurative. (Usually in plural. Also hangings-on.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that which hangs or is suspended hanging1549 pendule1578 lob1688 suspension1793 hang1857 mouse1860 hang-down1888 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Biv As it foloweth in the texte wyth the appurtenaunces and hangynges on. 1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. f. 63v Other dishes, whiche be sequeles or hangynges on, wherewith the chief dishe is poudred. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iii. 63 In one night, A Storme..Shooke downe my mellow hangings: nay my Leaues. View more context for this quotation 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island iii. vii. 30 Many a cragge dependeth; Like to the hangings of some rockie masse. < as lemmas |
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