hang upon

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To regard with passionate affection.
    — Beshrew the eyes that hung upon his form on that day with a passionate, greedy, all-absorbing love!
  2. To pay overt attention to, as from sycophancy or intense interest.
    — They hung upon his every word.
  3. To hover around.
    — and it was therefore decided merely to take precautions against a raid, fortify certain points on the roads, and bring out a host of irregulars to hang upon the rear and flanks of the enemy
  4. To depend upon. idiomatic
    — Everything hangs upon whether the boss agrees.

词形变化

hangs upon present,singular,third-person hanging upon participle,present hung upon participle,past hung upon past
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