英语词汇“hang fire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A clay poor in lime and iron, suitable for making fire-resistant pottery and firebricks

A system of controlling artillery fire, esp the whole gunfire of a ship from one centre

A device for making a noise, a cylinder of paper or cardboard containing an explosive and a fuse

A portable device for spraying water, chemicals, foam, etc onto a fire to put it out

A person whose job is the putting out of fires and the rescuing of people and animals in danger

A method of carrying someone by putting him or her face down over one's shoulder, esp used by firefighters in rescuing unconscious or injured people

A metal plate formerly placed by insurance companies to mark an insured building

Any of the three signs of the zodiac (Aries, Leo and Sagittarius) believed to have an affinity with fire

A place where fire engines, firefighters, etc are kept in readiness to attend fires

A huge blaze (esp a result of heavy bombing) which fans its own flames by creating its own draught (also figurative)

A road through forest or bush that allows firefighters to reach fires in remote parts

A person who watches out for fires resulting from bombing or in eg forested areas

hang fire see under hang

on fire

In a state of fiery combustion
In a lively or excited state (informal)

open fire see under open

play with fire

To expose oneself to unnecessary risk
To treat lightly a situation which could prove dangerous

St Anthony's fire see under Anthony

St Elmo's fire see under saint

set on fire or set fire to

To ignite

under fire

Exposed to the enemy's fire
Exposed to criticism

hang /hang/

transitive verb (pat and pap hung /hung/ (in all senses) or hanged (by the neck))

To support from above against gravity
To suspend
To decorate (eg a wall) with pictures, tapestry, etc
To fasten, to stick (wallpaper, etc)
To exhibit (pictures, etc)
To fix, to fit (a door, etc)
To put to death by suspending by the neck
To cause to be brought to justice
To prevent (a jury) from coming to a decision
To suspend (meat or game) until mature
(in the imperative and passive) a euphemism for damn

intransitive verb

To be suspended, so as to allow free sideways motion
To be put to death by suspending by the neck
To be brought to justice
To weigh down, to oppress (with on and over)
To cling (with on or onto)
To drape (well, badly, etc)
To be exhibited
(of a jury) to be undecided
To be in suspense
To hover
To impend
To linger
To hold back
To depend for outcome (on)
To have things hanging
To be in a state of paying extremely close attention (with on)
(of a computer) to stop working at a particular stage, allowing no input or output
(often with with) to spend time relaxing or doing something enjoyable, hang out (N American informal)

noun

The action or mode of hanging
Principle of connection, plan
Knack of using
Meaning
A declivity
A slackening of motion
A hanging mass
A euphemism for damn

ORIGIN: OE hangian, pat hangode, pap hangod (intransitive) and hōn, pat heng, pap hangen (transitive), and ON hanga and hengja; cf Du and Ger hangen

hangabilˈity noun

hangˈable adjective

Liable to be hanged
Punishable by hanging

hangˈer noun

Someone who hangs
That on which anything is hung
(in placenames) a wood on a hillside (OE hangra)
A short sword

hangˈing adjective

Suspending
Suspended
Drooping
Downcast
Deserving or involving death by hanging

noun

Death by the noose
(esp in pl) that which is hung, eg drapery or decorations

hung adjective

(of a vote, election, etc) not decisive, producing no viable majority for any one party
(of a parliament, etc) having no party with a working majority
(of a jury) unable to agree on a verdict
(of a situation) unable to be settled or solved
(of a man) genitally endowed in a specified way, as in well-hung (informal)

hangˈbird noun

A Baltimore oriole (from its pensile nest)

hangˈdog noun

A contemptible person

adjective

With a cowed, dejected or guilty look

hanger-onˈ noun

(pl hangers-on') a person who hangs around or sticks to a person or place for personal gain
An importunate acquaintance
A dependant

hangˈfire noun

Delay in explosion

hangˈ-glide intransitive verb

hangˈ-glider noun

An apparatus for hang-gliding, or the person using it

hangˈ-gliding noun

A sport in which one glides from a cliff-top, etc hanging in a harness from a large kite

hanging basket noun

A container in which flowering plants are grown, suspended by chains from a hook on the outer wall of a building

hanging buttress noun

A buttress supported by a corbel or the like

hanging committee noun

A committee that chooses the works of art to be shown in an exhibition

hanging drop preparation noun

A preparation for a microscope in which the specimen, in a drop of medium on the lower surface of the coverslip, is suspended over the depression in a hollow-ground slide

hanging garden see under garden

hanging matter noun

A crime leading to capital punishment
A serious matter (informal)

hanging valley noun (geography)

A tributary valley not graded to the main valley, a product of large-scale glaciation

hangˈman noun

A public executioner
A word-guessing game involving the drawing of a gibbet with victim

adjective

Rascally

hangnail noun see separate entry.

hangˈnest noun

A hangbird

hangˈout noun (informal)

A haunt

hangˈover noun

A survival (from another time)
After-effects, esp of drinking alcohol (see also hung over below)

hang time noun (informal)

The length of time a person or thing is able to remain in the air after jumping or being projected before returning to the ground

hangˈ-up noun (informal)

A problem about which one is obsessed or preoccupied
An inhibition (see also hung up below)

hungˈ-beef noun

Beef cured and dried

hung jury noun

A jury that fails to agree

get the hang of (informal)

To grasp the principle or meaning of

hang about or around

To loiter
To associate habitually (with someone; informal)
To stay, remain, persist

hang a left or right (informal)

To turn left or right (esp when driving)

hang back

To show reluctance
To lag behind

hang by a thread

To depend upon very precarious conditions, a most slender chance, etc (from the sword of Damocles)

hang, draw and quarter

To hang (a person), cut him or her down while still alive, disembowel and cut him or her into pieces for exposure at different places (earlier, draw, hang and quarter to drag on a hurdle or otherwise to the place of execution, then hang and quarter)

hang fire

To be a long time in exploding or discharging
To be slow in taking effect
To hesitate, delay

hang in (slang)

To wait
To persist (also hang in there)

hang in the balance

To be in doubt or suspense

hang loose (slang)

To do nothing
To be relaxed

hang off

To let go
To hold off

hang on (informal)

To wait
To persist

hang one's head

To look ashamed or sheepish

hang on someone's lips or words

To give close, admiring attention to someone

hang out

To hang up outside
To display (eg a sign)
To put outside on a clothes-line
To lodge or reside (informal)
To spend time relaxing or doing something enjoyable (informal)

hang out for

To insist on

hang out with (informal)

To associate habitually with

hang over

To project over or lean out from
(of an unresolved problem, decision, etc) to overshadow, threaten

hang together

To keep united
To be consistent
To connect

hang tough (US)

To stay resolute or determined

hang up

To suspend
To delay
To replace a telephone receiver and so break off communication

hang up one's hat

To take up one's abode

hung over

Suffering from a hangover

hung up (informal)

In a state of anxiety, obsessed (with about or on)

let it all hang out (informal)

To be completely uninhibited, relaxed

fire /fīr/

hang /hang/