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dangle

/dang-guhl/US // ˈdæŋ gəl //UK // (ˈdæŋɡəl) //

耷拉着脑袋,耷拉,耷拉着,悬垂

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    dan·gled, dan·gling.

    • : to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion: The rope dangled in the breeze.
    • : to hang around or follow a person, as if seeking favor or attention.
    • : Grammar. to occur as a modifier without a head or as a participle without an implied subject, as leaving the tunnel in The daylight was blinding, leaving the tunnel.
v.有主动词 verb
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    dan·gled, dan·gling.

    • : to cause to dangle; hold or carry swaying loosely.
    • : to offer as an inducement.
n.名词 noun
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    • : the act of dangling.
    • : something that dangles.

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Examples

  • At the central port, cranes dangle in disuse and buildings open to the sky.

  • He said the Taliban typically dangle peace talks as a time-buying tactic, and “believe they will win on the battleground.”

  • Decorative silk tassels dangle from the fingers of disembodied hands reaching through the walls.

  • Dangle mere feet from one of these behemoths to feel very small indeed.

  • Way to let the wife dangle way out there on a limb for you, man.

  • You have learnt to sit behind the stove like an old crone, and to dangle at the apronstrings of the women.

  • The devil especially loves to dangle his tail in the affairs of poor desolate women, and to this Caroline has come.

  • He sits shambling in the saddle, his smock and tall boots dangle on his bony figure.

  • A tangled wisp of unkempt sandy hair never failed to dangle below the curtain of the sun-bonnet on the back of her neck.

  • Every few steps some man would sink into the ice-pack up to his waist and his legs would dangle in slush without finding bottom.