| 单词 | to hang a left |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hang a left colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). to hang a left, to hang a right, etc. (also jocular with proper names having the appropriate initial letter, as Louie, Ralph, etc.): to go or turn in the specified direction, esp. while travelling in a motor vehicle or on skis. Cf. sense 11d below. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > move in a certain direction [verb (intransitive)] > in direction indicated souther1615 repace1633 to hang a left1967 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > go or turn in specific direction to hang a left1967 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > ski [verb (intransitive)] > turn telemark1901 stem1904 telemark1911 christie1920 stem turn1922 christie1925 snow-plough1928 stem-Christie1936 wedeln1961 to hang a left1967 slalom1973 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > take part in motor racing [verb (intransitive)] > turn in specified direction to hang a left1967 1967 Evening Standard 26 July 13/3 If you're in your pig [sc. car, in Detroit] and you ‘hang a Louie’, you've just turned left. If you ‘hang a Ralph’, it's a right turn, ‘hang a Sam’ is go straight and ‘hang a Ulysses’ means make a U-turn. 1975 L. Dills CB Slanguage Dict. 39 Hang a right (left), turn right or left. 1976 N. Thornburg Cutter & Bone viii. 192 Bone told him to go on to the next corner and hang a right. 1978 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 July 23/1 The skiing term hang a left is used generally to mean to take a left turn. 1984 Sunday Tel. 29 July 19/1 ‘Hang a right on Santa Monica Freeway, hang a left on Harbour and another right on Sixth Street.’ If you hang lefts where you were told to hang rights, the freeway system is unforgiving. 1986 ‘L. Cody’ Under Contract xli. 170 ‘Where is it?’ ‘Left..hang a left.’ They drove through dark wet streets. < as lemmas |
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