English Dictionary

dangle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdæŋ.ɡəl/

動詞

自動詞 俗語 他動詞 広義 比喩的用法 古風

(intransitive) To hang loosely with the ability to swing.

日本語の意味

ゆるくぶら下がる、ぶら下がること

Paper lanterns dangle over the street, casting a warm glow on the cobblestones.

紙提灯が通りの上にぶら下がり、石畳に暖かい光を落としている。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To hang loosely with the ability to swing.

He'd rather on a gibbet dangle / Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle.

意味（2）

(intransitive, slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps because of the resemblance to dangling the puck on a string.

He dangled around three players and the goalie to score.

意味（3）

(transitive) To hang or trail something loosely.

I like to sit on the edge and dangle my feet in the water.

意味（4）

(transitive, figuratively, by extension) To put forth as a possibility.

That it happens to have been produced under the imprimatur of Michael Bay dangles the possibility of poor taste, but unfortunately, bombast and conspicuous consumption are nowhere to be found.

意味（5）

(intransitive, dated) To trail or follow around.

To dangle at the elbow of a wench who can't make up her mind to accept the common title of wife, till she has been courted a certain number of weeks — so the old blinker, her father, says.

意味（6）

(medicine, intransitive) Of a patient: to be positioned with the legs hanging over the edge of the bed.

Record the time and duration of dangling, patient's pulse and respirations and patient's general tolerance of the procedure. […] The next step usually in getting the patient out of bed is sitting […]

意味（7）

(medicine, transitive) To position (a patient) in this way.

Using proper body mechanics for dangling a patient at the side of the bed.

dangles （ present singular third-person ）

dangling （ participle present ）

dangled （ participle past ）

dangled （ past ）