| 词组 | hang up |
| 释义 | Idiom hang up Theme: COMPLETION to replace the telephone receiver.If you have called a wrong number, you should apologize before you hang up.When you hear the busy signal, you're supposed to hang up. Slang hang up Theme: NO in. to say no; to cancel out of something.I hung up. That's not for me anyway.If you don't want to do it, just hang up. I'll understand. Idiom hang up to end a telephone connection.I can't think of his name, but it'll come to me as soon as we hang up. Phr V hang up hangs, hanging, hung hang up to end a telephone conversation, often suddenly, by putting the part of the telephone that you speak into back into its usual positionCan I talk to Joanne again before you hang up? sometimes + onWhy did you hang up on me? (= end the conversation suddenly) hang up sth or hang sth up to hang something, especially clothes, on a hookShe hung up her coat on a hook by the door.Let me hang those things up for you. be hung up (always passive) informal to be very worried about something and spend a lot of time thinking about itoften + aboutWhy are so many women so hung up about food? hang-up noun informal a feeling of embarrassment or fear about something, often when it is not necessary to feel that wayoften + aboutHe's got a hang-up about his lack of education. hang up sb/sth or hang sb/sth up American to delay someone or somethingComputer problems have been hanging us up all week.We were hung up in traffic for over an hour. hang it up American informal to stop doing somethingIf the job doesn't get better I'm going to hang it up. hang up verb 1 when combined with an article symbolic of a trade, profession or sport, to retire from that field of endeavour. 'Hang up your fiddle', which carries the generalised sense of retiring, is first recorded in 1833; however the current wide use may well owe its generation to Western films, particularly the cliché of an aged or disabled gun-fighter hanging up his guns. Of modern variations 'Hang up (one's) tits' is recorded of a retiring female impersonator in 1984. In 2003 a brief search of contemporary sources reveals a hairdresser hanging up his scissors, a judge hanging up the wig and robe, a Malayan who has hung up his Kalashnikov, a chef who hangs up his toque and white jacket, and a war correspondent who has hung up her flak jacket; jockeys hang up their silks, boxers hang up their gloves, sumo wrestlers hang up their loincloths, etc UK, 1833. 2 in a prayer group, to pray last. If 'to pray first' is to DIAL, then it is only logical that 'to pray last' is 'to hang up' US, 1990.► hang up a shingleto go into business for yourself US, 1997 hang up1. verb To disconnect a phone call. The term is often used to mean to end the call in the middle of the conversation, but it can also mean to disconnect the call when it is finished. Don't you dare hang up on me, I'm not done issuing my complaint! I can't hear you anymore, it must be a bad signal. I'm going to hang up now, so call me back if you can hear this. 2. noun A phone call disconnected by someone, typically the caller. Usually hyphenated. The phone's been ringing all day, but it's just been a bunch of hang-ups. I think someone's pranking us. 3. noun An impediment of some kind, usually an emotional or psychological insecurity, that prevents a person from making progress in a situation. Usually hyphenated. Jeff's personal hang-up is that he always felt like his parents supported his brother more than they supported him. hang something upto return the telephone receiver to its cradle. (See also hang it up.) Please hang this up when I pick up the other phone. Please hang up the phone. hang up(on someone or something)1. and hang up (in someone's ear) to end a telephone call by returning the receiver to the cradle while the other party is still talking. She hung up on me! I had to hang up on all that rude talk. 2. to give up on someone or something; to quit dealing with someone or something. Finally, I had to hang up on Jeff. I can't depend on him for anything. We hung up on them because we knew we couldn't make a deal. hang up.1. [for a machine or a computer] to grind to a halt; to stop because of some internal complication. Our computer hung up right in the middle of printing the report. I was afraid that my computer would hang up permanently. 2. to replace the telephone receiver after a call; to terminate a telephone call. I said good-bye and hung up. Please hang up and place your call again. hung up (on someone or something)obsessed with someone or something; devoted to someone or something. John is really hung up on Mary. She's hung up, too. See how she smiles at him. hang up1. Suspend on a hook or hanger, as in Let me hang up your coat for you. [c. 1300] 2. Also, hang up on. Replace a telephone receiver in its cradle; end a phone conversation. For example, She hung up the phone, or He hung up on her. [Early 1900s] 3. Delay or hinder; also, become halted or snagged, as in Budget problems hung up the project for months, or Traffic was hung up for miles. [Second half of 1800s] 4. Have or cause to have emotional difficulties, as in Being robbed at gunpoint can hang one up for years to come. [Slang; early 1900s] 5. hung up on. Obsessed with, as in For years the FBI was hung up on Communist spies. [First half of 1900s] 6. hang up one's sword or gloves or fiddle . Quit, retire, as in He's hanging up his sword next year and moving to Florida. The noun in these expressions refers to the profession one is leaving- sword for the military, gloves for boxing, and fiddle for music-but they all are used quite loosely as well, as in the example. 7. hang up one's hat. Settle somewhere, reside, as in "Eight hundred a year, and as nice a house as any gentleman could wish to hang up his hat in" (Anthony Trollope, The Warden, 1855). hung upsee under hang up. hang upv. 1. To suspend something on a hook or hanger: Please hang your jacket up in the closet. I hung up my bathrobe on the hook. 2. To replace a telephone receiver on its base or cradle: I hung up the phone and returned to my chores. Will you hang that phone up and get back to your homework? 3. To end a telephone conversation: I said goodbye to my mother and hung up. 4. To delay or impede something; hinder something: Budget problems hung up the project for months. Squabbling hung the contract talks up for weeks. 5. To become snagged or hindered: The fishing line hung up on a rock. 6. To stop doing or participating in some activity: They are planning to hang up their law practice after 40 years. Trying to find your keys in the snow is a lost cause—you might as well hang it up. 7. Slang To have emotional difficulties or inhibitions. Used passively: If you weren't so hung up about your job, you'd be more fun to be around. 8. Slang To be obsessed or consumed with something. Used passively: I'm still hung up on that sale I missed last week. hang up1. n. a problem or concern; an obsession. (Usually hang-up.) She’s got some serious hang-ups about cats. 2. in. to say no; to cancel out of something. If you don’t want to do it, just hang up. I’ll understand. |
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