strungadj.

Brit.

/strʌŋ/, U.S.

/strəŋ/

Etymology: past participle of string v.

1. Furnished or fitted with strings or a string. Cf. stringed adj. 1a, 1b Now rare or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [adjective] > with rope, cord, line, or cable

strung1695

cabled1757

roped1876

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [adjective]

corded1382

stringed1552

sinewya1593

nervous1601

chordal1619

chorded1687

strung1695

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [adjective] > attributes of bow

unbent1513

torquesa1568

stringless1597

nervous1638

strung1695

unbended1726

unstrung1744

self1801

1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur iv. 95 Choice Instruments, some Strung, and some of Wind.

1714 J. Gay Fan ii. 15 Ceres is with the bending Sickle seen, And the strung Bow points out the Cynthian Queen.

1754 A. Boyer Great Theater Honour (ed. 2) 116 Strung, Adj. (is used to express the Strings of any thing), Lié, Cordé, Cordonné.

2. Threaded on a string.

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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > [adjective] > threaded on a string

strung1687

threaded1821

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant iii. 29 He found twenty two Pound weight of strung Pearls.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XV. 702/2 [Pyrotechny] Strung stars.

1901 T. J. Alldridge Sherbro xv. 145 None of the women wear any clothes, there is simply a sufficiency of strung beads around their waists.

1907 Arbroath Guide 15 June 2 The long line of ‘strung’ whitings overhead swing with the breeze.

3. strung out: spread out in a straggling line. Also, extended, continuing in a long series.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > strung out

strung out1902

beaded1937

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > [adjective] > one behind the other

strung out1902

1902 Daily Chron. 5 Mar. 7/4 The strung-out line of pursuers.

1914 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 588 Mahsud raiders had attacked the strung-out ‘Kafila’ on its way down the Gomul.

1978 Language 54 91 This falls short of accounting for strung-out MI correspondences where relative orderings remain the same.

4. In the sense of string v. 3.

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a. Of nerves, feelings, etc.: In a state of tension. Also strung-up, and (North American slang) strung out (overlaps with sense 4c below).

b. With prefixed adverb, finely-strung, highly strung adj. at highly adv. Compounds: said of persons with reference to their nervous organization or condition.

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the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [adjective] > nervous or easily agitated

agitable1603

wincing1603

nervous1740

nervo-sanguineous1807

alarmable1813

intense1817

tense1821

finely-strung1841

flutterable1891

nerve-ridden1892

shockable1893

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xiv. 164 For when your finely strung people are out of sorts they must have everybody else unhappy likewise.

1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. iii. 56 When there was nothing to decide upon,..Ruth's mind relaxed from its strung-up state.

1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto xviii On Waif's strung nerves and weary frame it jarred acutely.

1900 Daily News 17 May 3/2 The strung thought, intense vision of statesmen.

1910 B. Capes Jemmy Abercraw ii. xvii She stopped, and faced about, her eyes burning, strung passion in her attitude.

1933 M. de la Roche Master of Jalna xv. 198 She worries greatly over the child and that keeps her in a strung-up state.

1967 N.Y. Times 18 Aug. 22 ‘These are very strung-out kids with individual hang-ups,’ said Jim Fouratt..describing the modern runaway.

1974 M. Haskell From Reverence to Rape 208 Martha Vickers' spoiled, strung-out younger sister.

1979 K. M. Peyton Marion's Angels ix. 137 You don't think she might Have——? Oh, Christ! She was strung up when she left me. We both were.

1980 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Mar. t1/5 She takes to the streets daily in response to calls from tenants to investigate nuisance neighbours who might be strung out emotionally.

c. strung out: weak or ill, esp. as a result of drug addiction; hence, addicted to, using, or ‘high’ on drugs. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [adjective]

intoxicated1576

drunk1585

besotted1831

drugged1871

dopey1896

doped1903

piped1906

lit1912

loaded1923

high1932

polluted1938

stone1945

straight1946

impaired1951

on the nod1951

buzzed1952

stoned1953

hung1958

strung out1959

zonked1959

shot1964

out of (also off) one's bird1966

ripped1966

wiped1966

amped1967

tanked1968

wrecked1968

whacked out1969

wired1970

jagged1973

funked up1976

annihilated1980

junked out1982

obliterated1984

caned1992

wankered1992

twatted1993

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak

unmightyeOE

unferea1060

unwieldc1220

fade1303

lewc1325

weak1340

fainta1375

sicklyc1374

unwieldyc1386

impotent1390

delicatea1398

lowa1398

unmighta1450

unlustyc1450

low-brought1459

wearyc1480

failed1490

worn1508

caduke?1518

fainty1530

weak1535

debile1536

fluey1545

tewly?1547

faltering1549

puling1549

imbecilec1550

debilitate1552

flash1562

unable1577

unhealthful1595

unabled1597

whindling1601

infirm1608

debilitated1611

bedrid1629

washya1631

silly1636

fluea1645

tender1645

invaletudinary1661

languishant1674

valetudinaire?c1682

puly1688

thriftless1693

unheartya1699

wishy-washy1703

enervate1706

valetudinarian1713

lask1727

wersh1755

palliea1774

wankle1781

asthenic1789

atonic1792

squeal1794

adynamic1803

worn-down1814

totterish1817

asthenical1819

prostrate1820

used up1823

wankya1825

creaky1834

groggy1834

puny1838

imbeciled1840

rickety-rackety1840

muscleless1841

weedy1849

tottery1861

crocky1880

wimbly-wambly1881

ramshackle1889

twitterly1896

twittery1907

wonky1919

strung out1959

1959 Esquire Nov. 70 Strung Out, in bad physical condition.

1960 Jazz Rev. Nov. 8/2 Unfortunately it was at this period he acquired the ‘monkey’ and frequently was strung out.

1965 N.Y. Post 3 Dec. 45/1 If one spends time talking to marijuana users, one can only conclude that the entire college population is ‘strung out’ thrice weekly.

1966 San Francisco Chron. 29 June 3 Acid does nothing for me... I love to get strung out on pot.

1973 Black World Aug. 59/1 The horns..lef' by some strungout junky musician.

1977 Guardian Weekly 30 Oct. 15/4 Young people get strung out on heroin.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	strung
释义	strungadj. Brit. /strʌŋ/, U.S. /strəŋ/ Etymology: past participle of string v. 1. Furnished or fitted with strings or a string. Cf. stringed adj. 1a, 1b Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [adjective] > with rope, cord, line, or cable strung1695 cabled1757 roped1876 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [adjective] corded1382 stringed1552 sinewya1593 nervous1601 chordal1619 chorded1687 strung1695 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [adjective] > attributes of bow unbent1513 torquesa1568 stringless1597 nervous1638 strung1695 unbended1726 unstrung1744 self1801 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur iv. 95 Choice Instruments, some Strung, and some of Wind. 1714 J. Gay Fan ii. 15 Ceres is with the bending Sickle seen, And the strung Bow points out the Cynthian Queen. 1754 A. Boyer Great Theater Honour (ed. 2) 116 Strung, Adj. (is used to express the Strings of any thing), Lié, Cordé, Cordonné. 2. Threaded on a string. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > [adjective] > threaded on a string strung1687 threaded1821 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant iii. 29 He found twenty two Pound weight of strung Pearls. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XV. 702/2 [Pyrotechny] Strung stars. 1901 T. J. Alldridge Sherbro xv. 145 None of the women wear any clothes, there is simply a sufficiency of strung beads around their waists. 1907 Arbroath Guide 15 June 2 The long line of ‘strung’ whitings overhead swing with the breeze. 3. strung out: spread out in a straggling line. Also, extended, continuing in a long series. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > strung out strung out1902 beaded1937 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > [adjective] > one behind the other strung out1902 1902 Daily Chron. 5 Mar. 7/4 The strung-out line of pursuers. 1914 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 588 Mahsud raiders had attacked the strung-out ‘Kafila’ on its way down the Gomul. 1978 Language 54 91 This falls short of accounting for strung-out MI correspondences where relative orderings remain the same. 4. In the sense of string v. 3. Thesaurus » Categories » a. Of nerves, feelings, etc.: In a state of tension. Also strung-up, and (North American slang) strung out (overlaps with sense 4c below). b. With prefixed adverb, finely-strung, highly strung adj. at highly adv. Compounds: said of persons with reference to their nervous organization or condition. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [adjective] > nervous or easily agitated agitable1603 wincing1603 nervous1740 nervo-sanguineous1807 alarmable1813 intense1817 tense1821 finely-strung1841 flutterable1891 nerve-ridden1892 shockable1893 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xiv. 164 For when your finely strung people are out of sorts they must have everybody else unhappy likewise. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. iii. 56 When there was nothing to decide upon,..Ruth's mind relaxed from its strung-up state. 1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto xviii On Waif's strung nerves and weary frame it jarred acutely. 1900 Daily News 17 May 3/2 The strung thought, intense vision of statesmen. 1910 B. Capes Jemmy Abercraw ii. xvii She stopped, and faced about, her eyes burning, strung passion in her attitude. 1933 M. de la Roche Master of Jalna xv. 198 She worries greatly over the child and that keeps her in a strung-up state. 1967 N.Y. Times 18 Aug. 22 ‘These are very strung-out kids with individual hang-ups,’ said Jim Fouratt..describing the modern runaway. 1974 M. Haskell From Reverence to Rape 208 Martha Vickers' spoiled, strung-out younger sister. 1979 K. M. Peyton Marion's Angels ix. 137 You don't think she might Have——? Oh, Christ! She was strung up when she left me. We both were. 1980 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Mar. t1/5 She takes to the streets daily in response to calls from tenants to investigate nuisance neighbours who might be strung out emotionally. c. strung out: weak or ill, esp. as a result of drug addiction; hence, addicted to, using, or ‘high’ on drugs. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [adjective] intoxicated1576 drunk1585 besotted1831 drugged1871 dopey1896 doped1903 piped1906 lit1912 loaded1923 high1932 polluted1938 stone1945 straight1946 impaired1951 on the nod1951 buzzed1952 stoned1953 hung1958 strung out1959 zonked1959 shot1964 out of (also off) one's bird1966 ripped1966 wiped1966 amped1967 tanked1968 wrecked1968 whacked out1969 wired1970 jagged1973 funked up1976 annihilated1980 junked out1982 obliterated1984 caned1992 wankered1992 twatted1993 the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak unmightyeOE unferea1060 unwieldc1220 fade1303 lewc1325 weak1340 fainta1375 sicklyc1374 unwieldyc1386 impotent1390 delicatea1398 lowa1398 unmighta1450 unlustyc1450 low-brought1459 wearyc1480 failed1490 worn1508 caduke?1518 fainty1530 weak1535 debile1536 fluey1545 tewly?1547 faltering1549 puling1549 imbecilec1550 debilitate1552 flash1562 unable1577 unhealthful1595 unabled1597 whindling1601 infirm1608 debilitated1611 bedrid1629 washya1631 silly1636 fluea1645 tender1645 invaletudinary1661 languishant1674 valetudinaire?c1682 puly1688 thriftless1693 unheartya1699 wishy-washy1703 enervate1706 valetudinarian1713 lask1727 wersh1755 palliea1774 wankle1781 asthenic1789 atonic1792 squeal1794 adynamic1803 worn-down1814 totterish1817 asthenical1819 prostrate1820 used up1823 wankya1825 creaky1834 groggy1834 puny1838 imbeciled1840 rickety-rackety1840 muscleless1841 weedy1849 tottery1861 crocky1880 wimbly-wambly1881 ramshackle1889 twitterly1896 twittery1907 wonky1919 strung out1959 1959 Esquire Nov. 70 Strung Out, in bad physical condition. 1960 Jazz Rev. Nov. 8/2 Unfortunately it was at this period he acquired the ‘monkey’ and frequently was strung out. 1965 N.Y. Post 3 Dec. 45/1 If one spends time talking to marijuana users, one can only conclude that the entire college population is ‘strung out’ thrice weekly. 1966 San Francisco Chron. 29 June 3 Acid does nothing for me... I love to get strung out on pot. 1973 Black World Aug. 59/1 The horns..lef' by some strungout junky musician. 1977 Guardian Weekly 30 Oct. 15/4 Young people get strung out on heroin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1687
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