词汇 | string |
释义 | string 1. noun 1 being hoaxed; being kept under control UK, 1958. 2 the group of prostitutes working for a particular pimp US, 1913 2. verb to manipulate a wire into a slot machine to trigger the free-play mechanism US, 1985 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, deceive2. 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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