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hanging

英 ['h????] 美['h????]
  • n. 懸掛;絞刑;簾子,幔帳
  • adj. 懸掛著的
  • v. 懸掛(hang的ing形式)

英英釋意


1. decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window;
"the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
2. a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead;
"in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"
3. the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely);
"there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"