hang fire

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The situation when a gun does not immediately fire when the trigger is pulled, but may fire shortly after.
动词 v.
  1. To fail to fire immediately when the trigger is pulled.
    — […] a number of Portuguese soldiers entered, one of whom, taking me for a Frenchman, for I had the French soldier's jacket on, my own being wet, snapped his piece at me, which luckily hung fire.
  2. To wait or hold back. figuratively
    — We were told to hang fire on the decision until management came back with a proposal.

词形变化

hangs fire present,singular,third-person hanging fire participle,present hung fire participle,past hung fire past hang fires plural hangfire alternative hang-fire alternative
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