| 单词 | to hang in the wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hang in the wind a. To be or remain in dubious suspense; to be doubtful or undecided. Also to hang in the wind. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > be undecided [verb (intransitive)] hang1382 dependc1430 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xxviii. 66 Thi lijf shal be as hongynge before thee. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) i. xiv. 27 b Althea..Gan sore muse and henge in a balaunce. c1500 Melusine (1895) xxxi. 228 Wherfore the cyte henge in balaunce to be delyuered & gyuen ouer to the Sarasyns. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Svijv The Counsaill haue long debated..and as yet the matter hangeth in suspence. 1554 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion f. 42v Such..as honge in the wind, as neuters. 1679 A. Roberts tr. D. Vairasse d'Allais Hist. Sevarites II. 95 We began to hang between fear and pleasure. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man ii. 7 He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest. 1862 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 144 He has been hanging betwixt life and death. 1881 Daily Tel. 28 Jan. I..hung in the wind a moment before asking leave to step down. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 65 A battle was fought which hung equally in the balance. to hang in the wind d. to hang in the wind: to remain in suspense or indecision. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] haltc825 flecchec1300 waverc1315 flickerc1325 wag1387 swervea1400 floghter1521 stacker1526 to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530 wave1532 stagger1533 to hang in the wind1536 to waver as, like, with the wind1548 mammer1554 sway1563 dodge1568 erch1584 suspend1585 float1598 swag1608 hoverc1620 hesitate1623 vacillate1623 fluctuate1634 demur1641 balance1656 to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674 to stand shall I, shall I1674 to go shill-I shall-I1700 to stand at shilly-shally1700 to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734 whiffle1737 dilly-dally1740 to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751 oscillate1771 shilly-shally1782 dacker1817 librate1822 humdrum1825 swing1833 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848 to back and fill1854 haver1866 wobble1867 shaffle1873 dicker1879 to be on the weigh-scales1886 waffle1894 to think twice1898 to teeter on the brink1902 dither1908 vagulate1918 pern1920 1536 T. Starkey Let. ?July in Eng. in Reign Henry VIII (1878) i. p. xxxix You schal fynd me..to be no sterter, wauerar, nor hengar in the wynd. 1555 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebell. 42 b Such of those partes as honge in the wind, as neuters. 1640 J. D. Knave in Graine ii. i. sig. D2v Hang not ith' winde, (delay does torture). 1881 Daily Tel. 28 Jan. I..hung in the wind a moment before asking leave to step down. < as lemmas |
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