hangingpr. p. clinging 纠缠。hanging about the neck of: i.e. to wheedle like a timid wife (像胆怯的妻子那样)抱住…的脖子(哄劝)。 △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,跟我说了一番好话。
hangingn. execution on the gallows 绞刑。 △Tw.1.5.20 (19): “Many a good hanging prevents a bad mar-riage;”好好的吊死可以防止坏的婚姻。(按:当时流行的故事中,有谓犯人被处绞刑前,如答应与某一丑陋或残疾女子结婚,可免其死,但犯人有宁死不允者。) hanging绞刑见capital punishment条。 |