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Dangling describes something hanging loosely, often swinging a little, and not attached firmly at the bottom — dangling , or legs dangling off the edge of a wall. In grammar class, you might also hear about a 'dangling modifier' — a phrase placed so in a sentence that it seems to describe the wrong thing.
懸垂的、晃盪的;(文法) 垂懸修飾語
組成dangle + -ing
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
danglingadj/ˈdæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/
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Suspended from above.
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In a state of suspense.
- Well, don't leave me dangling. Tell me what happened!
danglingnoun/ˈdæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/
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The act of hanging something so that it can move freely; suspension.
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The act of following or trailing around.
- […] Falkner's quick-sighted honour would not have tolerated your brother's danglings at the skirts of beauty.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。