string up

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To kill (a person) by hanging, especially to lynch. idiomatic,transitive
    — I'd string up the whole lot if I had my way, Silver. Poachers and blackguards every one of them.
  2. To die by hanging. idiomatic,intransitive,obsolete
    — "And now, my friend," said the Captain, "let us understand each other. You have confessed yourself a spy, and should string up to the next tree."
  3. To suspend by means of rope, cord or similar material. idiomatic,transitive
    — He has scars on his ankles, feet and hands from where they strung him up with ropes and beat him.
  4. To concatenate; to link in a line. idiomatic,transitive
    — to string up a sentence

词形变化

strings up present,singular,third-person stringing up participle,present strung up participle,past strung up past
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