| 单词 | hang about |
| 释义 | hang abouthang about phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE a) spokenSLOW to move slowly or take too long doing something 动作慢吞吞；拖延 Come on, we haven’t got time to hang about! 快点，我们没时间拖拖拉拉了！ b) hang about (something)SPEND TIME to spend time somewhere without any real purpose (在某处)闲待，闲荡 There were always groups of boys hanging about in the square. 广场上总是有一群群男孩在闲荡。 He normally hung about the house all day. 他通常都是整天待在房子里无所事事。 c) hang about! spoken i. WAITSTOP DOING somethingused to ask someone to wait or stop what they are doing 等一下！停一下！ ii. used when you have just noticed or thought of something that is interesting or wrong 且慢！ Hang about – that can’t be right. 等等，那肯定有问题。 Examples from the Corpus hang about• No birds, no booze, no groupies hanging about.• There the loading was still under way and the women were still hanging about.• Now they're off and married, so we hang about and get the trouble.• Sometimes the men hang about, especially around the younger women.• I didn't hang about getting to Armstrong and getting him started and headed back to Plumstead Road.• For a while they hang about on trees; then they die, fall off and lie about on the ground.• I used to hang about the school waiting for him to come out. hang about (something)• No birds, no booze, no groupies hanging about.• There the loading was still under way and the women were still hanging about.• This one had lustreless brown hair, very straight, hanging about a pale, underground face.• Now they're off and married, so we hang about and get the trouble.• Sometimes the men hang about, especially around the younger women.• I didn't hang about getting to Armstrong and getting him started and headed back to Plumstead Road.• For a while they hang about on trees; then they die, fall off and lie about on the ground.• I used to hang about the school waiting for him to come out. → hang about at hang1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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