| 单词 | hang around |
| 释义 | hang around (once / 2464 pages) v When you stay in one place not doing much of anything in particular, you hang around. If you've got a half hour between classes, you might hang around talking to friends or eating the apple from your lunch. There are a lot of ways to say hang around, including loiter, dawdle, hang out, and lollygag. If you walk through any shopping mall or public park, you'll see many people who like to hang around there. Sometimes this verb means "associate with," so your grandma might ask, "Why do you hang around with those kids who have strange haircuts?" This phrase dates from the early nineteenth century. WORD FAMILYhang around: hanged around, hanging around, hangs around, hung around USAGE EXAMPLES“I was not genetically gifted enough to hang around with the Kansas City Chiefs.” Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) “Penalties are killing the momentum of our team and letting teams hang around,” Williams said. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) He said he didn't want to be someone “who's just hanging around reliving old glories.” Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) v be about Who is this man that is hanging around the department? Syn|Hypo|Hyper footle, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry lurch, prowl loiter about, with no apparent aim be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) |
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