hangingpr. p. clinging 糾纏。hanging about the neck of: i.e. to wheedle like a timid wife (像膽怯的妻子那樣)抱住…的脖子(哄勸)。 △Mer.2.2.13: “Well,my conscience,hanging about the neckof my heart,says very wisely to me,”好,我的良心,抱住了我的心的脖子,跟我說了一番好話。
hangingn. execution on the gallows 絞刑。 △Tw.1.5.20 (19): “Many a good hanging prevents a bad mar-riage;”好好的吊死可以防止壞的婚姻。(按:當(dāng)時流行的故事中,有謂犯人被處絞刑前,如答應(yīng)與某一丑陋或殘疾女子結(jié)婚,可免其死,但犯人有寧死不允者。) hanging絞刑見capital punishment條。 |