vt.

1. 把……掛起
   He hung his coat on the hook.

   他把衣服掛在鉤子上。

2. 絞死；吊死（hanged; hanged）
   The man was hanged for murder.

   那男子因謀殺罪被處絞刑。

3. 懸掛展出（畫作等）[H]
   His pictures were hung in the Museum of Modern Arts.

   他的畫在現代藝術館展出。

4. 貼（糊牆紙等）
5. 安裝（活動的東西）
6. （用懸掛的東西）裝飾
   The wall was hung with tapestry.

   牆上裝飾著掛毯。

7. 垂下
   The boy hung his head in shame.

   這男孩羞愧地低下了頭。

8. （用於詛咒語中）該死
   Hang it! I forgot her telephone number.

   真該死！我把她的電話號碼忘了。

vi.

1. 懸掛，吊著[Q]
   The curtains hang well.

   窗簾掛得很好。

2. 垂下，披下[Q]
   Her hair hung down on her shoulders.

   她的頭髮披在肩上。

3. 被絞死；被吊死（hanged; hanged）
   He hanged for murder.

   他因謀殺罪被絞死。

4. （門扇等）被安裝
   A door hangs on its hinges.

   門安裝在鉸鏈上。

5. 逗留；徘徊
   I hung about for an hour, but he didn't come.

   我等了一個小時，但他沒有來。

n.

1. 懸掛方式；下垂[the S]
   The hang of the curtains showed that somebody was standing behind them.

   窗簾懸掛的樣子表明有人站在後面。

2. 【口】做法；用法；訣竅[the S]
   Don't worry! You'll soon get the hang of it.

   別擔心！你很快就學會的。

v.

1. suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part not attached.
   ▸attach or be attached so as to allow free movement about the point of attachment.
   ▸attach (meat or game) to a hook and leave it until dry, tender, or high.
   ▸(of fabric or a garment) fall or drape in a specified way.
   ▸paste (wallpaper) to a wall.
   ▸ (be hung with) be decorated with (pictures or other decorations).
2. (past and past part. hanged)
   kill by tying a rope attached from above around the neck and removing the support from beneath the feet (used as a form of capital punishment).
   ▸be killed by hanging.
3. remain static in the air.
   ▸be present or imminent, especially oppressively:

   a sense of dread hung over him.
4. Computing  come unexpectedly to a state in which no further operations can be carried out.
5. Baseball  deliver (a pitch) which does not change direction and is easily hit by a batter.
6. N. Amer. informal way of saying hang around (in sense ²) or hang out.

n.

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