English Dictionary

hanging

/ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ/

noun

(countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

There was a hanging in the town square.

意味（1）

(countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.

意味（2）

(countable) Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).

The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.

意味（3）

(uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.