| 释义 |
hanging
I. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from hangen to hang + -ing — more at hang
1.
a. : the act of suspending something
< requested that the entire exhibition committee be at the hanging to assist in positioning the pictures >
b. : a killing or execution in which a noose at the end of a suspended rope is placed around a person's neck and then the support under him quickly removed so that he drops or swings free and dies from a broken neck or from asphyxiation
< sentenced to hanging >
— see gallows; compare gibbet 1
2. : something hung: as
a. : curtain — usually used in plural
b. : a covering (as a tapestry or wallpaper) for a wall — usually used in plural
3. : a downward slope or inclination : declivity
< the hanging of a ship's deck >
4. : hang 5
II. adjective
1. : situated or lying on steeply sloping ground
< a hanging meadow on the mountainside >
or on top of some high place (as a wall or roof)
< a fine hanging garden aloft on breezy inaccessible heights — John Muir †1914 >
2.
a. : leaning over or downward : drooping or jutting out and downward : overhanging
< a hanging rock >
< hanging wood >
b. : suspended, pendent
c. : supported only by the wall on one side
< a hanging staircase >
< a hanging balcony >
d. : situated at or having a discordant junction
< a hanging cirque >
3. obsolete : being in suspense or abeyance
4. archaic : downcast or dejected in appearance
5. : adapted for sustaining a hanging object
6.
a. : deserving, likely to cause, or prone to inflict death by hanging
< a hanging crime >
< a hanging judge >
b. : being of great moment or significance
< not disposed to make a hanging matter of it — Manchester Guardian Weekly >
7. of a chess pawn : connected and abreast |