| 词组 | string |
| 释义 | string [strung, strung, stringing] string along 1. string sb along informal to deceive someone for a long time, especially by pretending that you love them or that you will help them in some way: ▪ "She had no intention of marrying him, then?" "No, she was just stringing him along." ▪ Are you serious about lending me the money; you're not stringing me along? ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑lead on, deceive 2. string along BrE spoken to go somewhere with someone, especially because you have nothing else to do: ▪ I thought I'd string along to see what they were up to. +with ▪ If you're going into town, I'll string along with you. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑tag along informal string out 1. string out sth • string sth out usually passive if something is strung out somewhere, it is spread there in a long line: ▪ Tables had been set up in the meadow and lights strung out in the trees. ▪ I could see the village in the distance, the tiny shops and houses strung out along the bay. 2. string out sth • string sth out informal to make something last for a longer period of time than is wanted or necessary: ▪ There was no point in stringing the relationship out - she would just tell him that it was over and leave. ▪ a process that could string out the dispute for months ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑drag out, prolong formal string together 1. string together sth • string sth together to join things together, adding one thing after another: ▪ a series of computer commands that are strung together on a single line ▪ Disney wanted to do more than string short cartoons together; he wanted to make a full-length animated movie. 2. string words/a sentence together to succeed in saying something that other people can understand: ▪ He'd had so much to drink that he couldn't even think, let alone string a sentence together. ▪ I used to speak really good Spanish, but I don't think I could string two words together now. string up 1. string up sth • string sth up to fasten something in a high position, especially something that forms a long line: ▪ Workmen were busy stringing up the Christmas lights in the centre of town. ▪ On summer evenings he would lie in the hammock strung up in the tiny courtyard. 2. string up sb • string sb up to kill someone by tying a rope around their neck and making them hang from it: ▪ If he's the bomber, they ought to string him up! ▪ films about tough lawmen coming to town to string up horse thieves ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑hang |
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