Dangle



GRE

解释

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• v. 悬挂, 吊胃口
• ［英］ v. 悬挂, 吊胃口 ( to hang loosely so as to swing back and forth)
• ［记］ 参考: tantalize ( 逗弄, 惹弄)
• ［例］ keep someone dangling ( 吊某人胃口)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (dangled; dangling)

• Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish dangle to dangle
• Date: 1565
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to hang loosely and usually so as to be able to swing freely
  • 2. to be a hanger-on or a dependent
  • 3. to occur in a sentence without having a normally expected syntactic relation to the rest of the sentence (as climbing in “Climbing the mountain the cabin came into view”) <a dangling participle><a dangling modifier>
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cause to dangle ; swing <dangled her feet in the water>
  • 2.
    • a. to keep hanging uncertainly
    • b. to hold out as an inducement
• ? dangler noun

II. noun

• Date: 1756
• 1. the action of dangling
• 2. something that dangles

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