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dangling

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

悬空的,悬而未决,悬空,悬而未决的

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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
  1. 1

    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

  • They are always suspended over a precipice, dangling by a slender thread that shows every sign of snapping.

  • A teenage soldier with a lit cigarette dangling from his mouth stepped onto the bus and told all the men to get off.

  • From there she freezes, the card in question dangling from her lips as she waits for him to catch on.

  • She was discovered by husband Thomas Cohen in a spare room, where she lay on a bed with one leg dangling on the floor.

  • To the wannabe winners he gave business cards and fliers, dangling attractive security solutions for their would-be shops.

  • He was not a man to dodge trouble that might bring profit dangling to the fringe of her skirt.

  • Mariequita sat near by, dangling her legs, watching him work, and handing him nails from the tool-box.

  • Besides, there was the ever unceasing grizzly spectre of poverty dangling before Jessie's eyes.

  • The American was dressed after the fashion prevailing in the hills, and had a couple of revolvers dangling at his hips.

  • I remember the feeling I had when my brother once showed me the picture of a man dangling from the branch of a tree.