浅议hang作悬挂解的用法.doc

浅议hang作“悬挂”解的用法
——兼对一道高考题的商榷
09高考单词拼写第68题Many of his finest pictures are ______(悬挂)in the national 。那么hanging在这里可不可接受呢?下面就从该词作“悬挂”解的用法对这一问题做一探讨。
Hang一词在英语中既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。作“悬挂”解时主要用法如下:
,吊。用做及物动词。也可用hang up。《朗文当代英语词典》(外语教学与研究出版社 ISBN7-5600-4329-1 以下简称《朗文》)对该词解释为to put something in a position so that the top part is fixed or supported, and the bottom part is free to move and does not touch the :
1)Philips hung his coat on a hook behind the door.
2) Hang your hat up.(《远东大辞典》梁实秋主编远东图书公司印行1977 以下简称《远东》)
,挂。用作不及物动词。《朗文》对此义的解释为:to be in position where the top part is fixed or supported and the bottom part is free to move and does not touch the :
3) An old-fashioned gas lamp hung from the ceiling.
4) The shirt hung down almost to his ankles.
5) Her hair was hanging down. 《远东》
(画,图片等)于墙上(以便装饰或展出)。请看《朗文》的释义:to fix a picture, photograph etc to a wall. 例如:
6)I want to hang the picture on the wall, by the front door.
7) The gallery hung his paintings in a small corner.《远东》
Paul Procter主编的 LONGMAN DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH 1978对此义的解释是:to show (a set of paintings) 。举例如下:
8)His pictures were hung in an important Gallery。
4.(画,图片等)挂于墙上。《朗文》指出:If a picture, photograph etc is hanging somewhere, it is fixed to a :
9) There was a large family photograph hanging on the wall.
10) His works han