Английский Этимологический словарь - dangle
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~ v 1 to hang or swing loosely, or make something do this (a leather purse dangled from his belt | dangle sth) (I dangled my feet in the clear blue water.) 2 dangle sth in front of sb to offer something good to someone in order to persuade them to do something (The promise of an ice-cream cone was dangled in front of us, as a reward for washing the car.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(dangles, dangling, dangled) 1. If something dangles from somewhere or if you dangle it somewhere, it hangs or swings loosely. A gold bracelet dangled from his left wrist... He and I were sitting out on his jetty dangling our legs in the water. VERB: V prep/adv, V n prep/adv 2. If you say that someone is dangling something attractive before you, you mean they are offering it to you in order to try to influence you in some way. They’ve dangled rich rewards before me. VERB: V n before/in front of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb (~d; dangling) Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish ~ to ~ Date: 1565 intransitive verb 1. to hang loosely and usually so as to be able to swing freely 2. to be a hanger-on or a dependent 3. to occur in a sentence without having a normally expected syntactic relation to the rest of the sentence (as climbing in “Climbing the mountain the cabin came into view”) a dangling participle a dangling modifier transitive verb 1. to cause to ~ ; swing ~d her feet in the water 2. a. to keep hanging uncertainly b. to hold out as an inducement • ~r noun II. noun Date: 1756 1. the action of dangling 2. something that ~s ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. 1 intr. be loosely suspended, so as to be able to sway to and fro. 2 tr. hold or carry loosely suspended. 3 tr. hold out (a hope, temptation, etc.) enticingly. Derivatives dangler n. Etymology: 16th c. (imit.): cf. Sw. dangla, Da. dangle ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. свободно свисать, качаться; висеть keys dangling on a chain —- ключи, висящие на цепочке ripe apples dangled on the tree —- на дереве висели спелые яблоки his hands dangled limply between his knees —- его руки безвольно свисали между колен he left the last sentence dangling in mid-air —- он оборвал фразу на полуслове, его последняя фраза повисла в воздухе 2. раскачивать, размахивать to dangle one's feet —- болтать ногами to dangle smth. before smb.'s eyes —- размахивать чем-л. перед глазами у кого-л. 3. слоняться, болтаться 4. бегать, увиваться; волочиться 5. манить, соблазнять; дразнить to dangle bright prospects before smb. —- соблазнять кого-л. заманчивыми перспективами to dangle hopes in smb.'s sight —- обольщать кого-л. надеждами ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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after бегать за кем-л., волочиться DANGLE around слоняться, болтаться DANGLE v. 1) свободно свисать, качаться (тж. dangle about, around, round) I dont like the look of all those ropes dangling around. 2) покачивать 3) манить, соблазнять, дразнить (тж. dangle before) A pay increase was dangled before him when he threatened to leave the company. - dangle after - dangle around ...Англо-русский словарь
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