单词 | to hang up on |
释义 | > as lemmasto hang up on 1. transitive. To fasten a thing on high so that it is supported only from above; to suspend on a hook, peg, or the like. Also absol.: = to hang up the receiver of a telephone at the end of a conversation; to hang up on: to break off telephonic communication with. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or suspend [verb (transitive)] ahangOE hangc1000 to hang upa1400 knagc1400 peisea1425 suspendc1440 swing1529 sling1697 uphang1748 gibbet1749 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate by telephone [verb (intransitive)] > end connection disconnect1879 to ring off1882 to hang up1911 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate with by telephone [verb (transitive)] > break off connection with disconnect1877 to hang up on1928 to cut off1932 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12072 And be þe har he vp him hang þat all moght se him spek him to. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 477 Now sir, heng vp þyn ax. c1440 Anc. Cookery in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 447 Honge hit up in a clothe a lytel while. 1686 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 3) v. iii. 28 A Range of Presses made with Peggs in them to hang up Saddles [etc.]. 1726 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1890) VIII. 174 All Mayors..are hereby ordered to hing or cause to be hung up this order in some public place. a1898 Mod. Let me hang up your overcoat. 1911 A. B. Smith Mod. Amer. Telephony xxvi. 759 When the subscribers are through talking, they hang up their receivers. 1928 E. Wallace Double viii ‘Oh, Mr. Staines!.. What a dull life yours must be!’ And then she hung up on him, and left him feeling like a spanked child. 1928 F. N. Hart Bellamy Trial iii. 101 He'd hung up, I guess. Anyway he didn't answer. 1952 A. Baron With Hope, Farewell 103 He managed to say, ‘Thank you,’ and was about to hang up. 1960 Daily Tel. 15 Aug. 17/5 Several directors and secretaries of firms told me that they hung up within a minute if they could not get through. 1968 ‘P. Barrington’ Accessory to Murder vii. 125 Mrs. Lindley heard the click of the receiver and became indignant. He'd almost hung up on her. < as lemmas |
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