(n) a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us', Syn.misplaced modifier, dangling modifier
(n) a participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e.g., `flying across the country' in `flying across the country the Rockies came into view', Syn.dangling participle
[ぶらさがり, burasagari] (n) (1) (id) cornering someone by lying in wait, e.g. for an unexpected interview or photograph; doorstepping; (adj-f) (2) hanging; dangling [Add to Longdo]
[ちゅうぶらりん, chuuburarin] (adj-na, adj-no) (1) dangling; hanging; suspended; (2) pending; half done; in limbo; indecisive [Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dangle \Dan"gle\ (d[a^][ng]"g'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dangled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Dangling}.] [Akin to Dan. dangle, dial. Sw.
dangla, Dan. dingle, Sw. dingla, Icel. dingla; perh. from E.
ding.]
To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.
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He'd rather on a gibbet dangle
Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. --Hudibras.
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From her lifted hand
Dangled a length of ribbon. --Tennyson.
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{To dangle about} or {To dangle after}, to hang upon
importunately; to court the favor of; to beset.
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The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle
after them,
are well inclined to pull down the present
establishment. --Swift.
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
