hang about
HANG ABOUT
v.i.: 1. a umbla fără rost, a umbla lela; a trândăvi, a sta degeaba. "But it would be dangerous, he thought, to hang about the entrance like a seller of lottery tickets, ..." (G. Greene, Stamboul Train) 2. a da târcoale, a veni prin preajmă. "It's the woman you've seen hanging about." (W.S. Maugham, The Force of Circumstance) "I married a very attractive woman. I don't have to tell you that for a good deal of the time there's been some male or other hanging about." (K. Amis, One Fat Englishman) 3. a fi gata să înceapă; a se apropia. As the rain was hanging about, they hurried to the motel. Huge black clouds were hanging about covering the sky inch by inch. 4. a se prinde de, a se agăţa; a se ţine scai. "A little fog drifted through the streets and hung about the chimneys, and a fine smell of burning pine wood filled the air." (J. Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat)
hang about
yaxında, yaxınlıqda dayanmaq
hang about
(U.)
1. ห้อมล้อม : The children hang about their mother.
2. เถลไถล : Some boys are hanging about all day doing nothing.
3. คอยติดตามเยี่ยงทาส : Many a man hangs about the superintendent in government offices.= เกือบทุกๆ คนคอยที่จะทำโน่นทำนี่เยี่ยงทาสต่อหัวหน้าในสำนักงานรัฐบาล
hang about
phrv. ค่อยๆ ก่อตัวขึ้น, ค่อยๆพัฒนา; คอยวนเวียนอยู่ใกล้ๆ (syn. bang around, kick about); เป็นเพื่อนกับ, สนิทสนมกับ; ขู่ให้กลัว hang about1 phrv. คอยโดยไม่ทำอะไร (syn. hang around, hang round) hang about2 phrv. แขว่งไปมาจากหรือรอบส่วนของร่างกาย (syn. hang around, hang round)