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cliff-hanger

/klif-hang-er/US // ˈklɪfˌhæŋ ər //UK // (ˈklɪfˌhæŋə) //

悬而未决,悬崖勒马,悬崖峭壁,悬念

Related Words

close call千钧一发,千钧一发的时刻,千钧一发之际,近距离接触shocker震惊,震撼,震惊者,令人震惊thriller惊悚片,惊心动魄,惊悚小说,惊悚squeaker尖叫声,叽叽喳喳,尖叫者,吱吱声close shave贴身剃须,近距离刮胡子,近距离剃须,近距离刮脸narrow escape狭路相逢勇者胜,狭路相逢,逃过一劫,狭路相逢在所难免spine-chiller脊柱寒冷症,脊柱冷颤,脊柱寒冷,脊柱冷颤器white knuckle白节,白关节,白手起家,白刃战

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
    • : a single installment in such a serial.
    • : a suspenseful movie, novel, etc.
    • : the suspenseful ending itself.
    • : a situation or contest of which the outcome is suspensefully uncertain up to the very last moment: The game was a cliffhanger, but our team finally won.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as innovel
Synonyms
fiction虚构,小说,虚构的,幻想narrative叙述,叙事,叙述性,叙述性的novella长篇小说,小说,中篇小说,小說paperback平装本,平装书,平装,平装版prose散文,散文集,序言,散文集锦story故事,报道,新闻报道,新闻tale故事,岈,岈语yarn纱线,纱布,纱,纺纱novelette小说,小故事,小說,小册子potboiler煲仔饭,锅碗瓢盆,煲仔戏,锅盖头romance恋情,浪漫,浪漫主义,浪漫的爱情best-seller畅销书,畅销品,畅销产品,畅销商品
as inproblem
Synonyms
bugaboo虫虫,虫子,窃听器,蝽蟓conundrum谜题,谜团,谜语,谜底enigma谜团,谜题,谜底,谜一样的东西example例子,例证,例题,例grabber抓取者,抓取器,攫取者,抓斗illustration插图,图解,图示,图例intricacy复杂性,错综复杂,复杂,复杂度mystery神秘,神秘的,谜团,神秘感poser造型师,装腔作势,装腔作势者,冒充者puzzler谜题,拼图者,谜语,拼图query询问,查询,疑问,询riddle谜题,谜团,谜语,灯谜stickler执拗的人,坚守者,坚持不懈,拘泥于此stumper跳楼者,跳楼的人,跳远者,跳线teaser预告,预告片,戏弄,挑逗twister龙卷风,漩涡,捻线机,捻线器brainteaser脑筋急转弯,脑筋急转弯游戏,脑力激荡,益智游戏mind-boggler令人费解的事,令人费解的是,令人费解sixty-four thousand dollar question六万四千美元的问题,六万四千美元问题,六万四千美金的问题,六万四千美元的疑问
as insuspense
Synonyms
anxiety焦虑,忧虑,焦虑不安,担忧apprehension忧虑,顾虑,担忧,担心confusion混乱,迷惑,混乱局面,困惑doubt疑惑,疑问,疑虑,疑点insecurity不安全感,不安全,不安全因素,缺乏安全感tension紧张,张力,紧张局势,紧张关系thriller惊悚片,惊心动魄,惊悚小说,惊悚uncertainty不确定性,不确定,不确定因素,不明朗chiller冷水机,冷风机,制冷机,冷水机组dilemma两难境地,困境,进退两难的局面,窘境eagerness殷切期望,渴望,殷勤,急切盼望expectancy期望值,期待值,预期寿命,预期expectation期待,期望,期望值,期待值grabber抓取者,抓取器,攫取者,抓斗hesitancy犹豫不决,犹豫,犹豫不决的问题,犹豫不决的情况hesitation犹豫不决,踌躇,迟疑,疑虑impatience不耐烦,急躁,急躁不安,耐心indecision犹豫不决,优柔寡断,踌躇不决,犹豫不决的问题indecisiveness优柔寡断,犹豫不决,举棋不定,踌躇不决irresolution抵抗力,抵抗,拒绝,拒绝接受perplexity困惑,迷茫,迷惑,疑惑potboiler煲仔饭,锅碗瓢盆,煲仔戏,锅盖头wavering摇摆不定,摇摆不定的,飘忽不定,犹豫不决cloak and dagger斗篷和匕首,大氅和匕首,大氅和小刀,隐蔽性和匕首page-turner翻云覆雨,翻版小说,翻版,翻云覆雨的人
as infiction
Synonyms
best seller最畅销,畅销,畅销书,畅销品book书,书籍,图书,书本drama戏剧,戲劇,话剧,戏剧性fable寓言故事,寓言,寓意,寓言式的fantasy幻想,梦幻,幻象,幻觉imagination想象力,想像力,想象,想象一下legend传奇,传说,传奇故事,传奇人物myth神话,神话故事,神话传说,神話narrative叙述,叙事,叙述性,叙述性的novel新奇的,新奇,新奇事物,新奇的事物tale故事,岈,岈语yarn纱线,纱布,纱,纺纱anecdote趣闻轶事,轶事,轶闻趣事,趣闻趣事clothesline晾衣绳,晒衣绳,晾衣杆,晾衣架concoction炮制,炮制物,炮制食品,炮制物品crock罐子,罐头,炖锅,炖菜fabrication制造,制作,加工,虚构falsehood谬误,谬论,假话,虚伪性fancy花式,幻想,花哨的,幻想的fib纤维,纤维的hooey骗人,骗人的,骗局,骗术improvisation即兴发挥,即兴表演,即兴创作,即兴演奏invention发明,发明创造,发明的,发明的东西lie谎言,撒谎,骗人,谎话misrepresentation虚报,虚报事实,虚报情况,误导性陈述potboiler煲仔饭,锅碗瓢盆,煲仔戏,锅盖头prevarication推诿扯皮,推诿,推诿责任,推诿行为romance恋情,浪漫,浪漫主义,浪漫的爱情smoke烟雾,烟雾缭绕,烟雾弥漫,烟尘untruth不真实的东西,不真实,不实之词,不真实的事whopper巨无霸,呜呜呜,呜呼figment of imagination臆想,幻觉,幻想,虚构事实fish story鱼的故事,鱼类故事,鱼儿的故事,鱼类的故事storytelling讲故事,讲述故事,讲故事的人,讲故事的tall story高大的故事,高大上的故事,高个子故事,高篇小说terminological inexactitude术语的不确切性,术语的不精确性,术语不确切,术语不确切性work of imagination想象力的工作,创造性的工作,想象力的作品,想象力工作

Examples

  • This is where I think the argument against me falls off the cliff.

  • Would I like to tell half the people I work with to go jump off a cliff?

  • We first met Hajji Zalwar Khan over tea and lunch in the Pech Valley in a house clinging to a cliff high above the valley floor.

  • The probe appears to be sitting at the bottom of a "cliff" on the comet, but beyond that it's hard to tell.

  • The young goslings' first major life event is to cliff dive down to their parents, as was captured here by BBC cameras.

  • Only the petrol tins they took for water right and left of their pathway up the cliff; huge diamonds in the evening sun.

  • At dawn half a battalion of Turks tried to make the attack along the top of the cliff and were entirely wiped out.

  • One morning Straightshaft climbed the cliff and looked far up and down the valley.

  • Then everybody climbed up a hill or a high cliff and watched the coming of the bison.

  • There was Cliff Manning, you turned the cold shoulder to him because he couldnt talk grammar.

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