string up

• 短语动词，指用绳子或线把某物悬挂起来（如彩灯、装饰品等）；非正式用语中也指把人绞死（如处决）。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of hanging something (such as lights or decorations) on a line or cord, or, informally, to hang a person (as in execution).

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1. Hang something upinformal

   To suspend something from a string, rope, or wire.

   悬挂

   • They strung up the lights across the garden for the party.
   • He strung up the hammock between two trees.
   • We need to string up the decorations before the guests arrive.

   同义词danglehangslingsuspend

2. Kill by hanginginformal

   To kill someone by hanging them from a rope, often used in a vigilante or informal context.

   绞死

   • The mob threatened to string up the thief.
   • In the old West, they would string up outlaws without a trial.
   • The angry crowd wanted to string up the murderer.

   同义词gibbethanglynchnooseswing