strung
[strʌŋ]
string去去词



strung
[ adj ]
that is on a string
<adj.ppl>
keys strung on a red cord



Strung \Strung\,
imp. & p. p. of {String}.


String \String\ (str[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. {Strung} (str[u^]ng);
p. p. {Strung} (R. {Stringed} (str[i^]ngd)); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stringing}.]
1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.

Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet
With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street?
--Gay.

2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument,
in order to play upon it.

For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung,
That not a mountain rears its head unsung.
--Addison.

3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.

4. To make tense; to strengthen.

Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood.
--Dryden.

5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to
string beans. See {String}, n., 9.

6. To hoax; josh; jolly; often used with along; as, we strung
him along all day until he realized we were kidding.
[Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]


String \String\ (str[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. {Strung} (str[u^]ng);
p. p. {Strung} (R. {Stringed} (str[i^]ngd)); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stringing}.]
1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.

Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet
With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street?
--Gay.

2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument,
in order to play upon it.

For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung,
That not a mountain rears its head unsung.
--Addison.

3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.

4. To make tense; to strengthen.

Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood.
--Dryden.

5. To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to
string beans. See {String}, n., 9.

6. To hoax; josh; jolly; often used with along; as, we strung
him along all day until he realized we were kidding.
[Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]