| 单词 | to hang fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hang fire a. to hang fire: (of a firearm) to be slow in communicating the fire through the vent to the charge; (hence) figurative to hesitate or be slow in acting.It is doubtful if this is really transitive: it is perhaps connected with sense 17 17. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] geleOE studegieOE abideOE to do in or a (= on) fristc1175 dwellc1175 demurc1230 targec1250 dretcha1325 tarrya1375 sojourn1377 defer1382 letc1385 hinderc1386 blina1400 delay?a1400 honea1400 litea1400 overbidea1400 prolongc1425 supersede1433 hoverc1440 tarrowc1480 sunyie1488 stay?a1500 sleep1519 slack1530 protract1540 linger1548 procrastinate1548 slackc1560 slug1565 jauk1568 temporize1579 detract1584 longering1587 sit1591 prorogue1593 to time it out1613 to lie out1640 crastinate1656 taigle17.. to hang fire1782 to hold off1790 to hang it on1819 prevaricate1854 to lie over1856 to tread water1942 to drag one's feet1946 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > be or become slow [verb (intransitive)] > be dilatory slowOE tarrya1375 linger1548 procrastinate1548 slackc1560 forslow1571 to hang back1581 to hang an (also the) arse1596 to hang fire1782 to be slow off the mark1972 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > of gun: go off or fire > slowly to hang fire1782 1782 B. Thompson in Philos. Trans. 1781 (Royal Soc.) 71 278 In consequence of which the piece is slower in going off, or, as sportsmen term it, is apt to hang fire. 1801 W. Scott Let. 7 Dec. (1932) I. 124 Leyden's Indian journey..seems to hang fire. 1815 Sporting Mag. 46 120 He..was sure the jury would not hang fire in giving him a verdict. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxii. 174 It is a flint-lock concern, and half the time hangs fire. 1892 Literary World 27 May 509/2 A book produced anonymously hung fire for six weeks. < as lemmas |
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