hanger
/ˈhæŋə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhæŋər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhaŋ-ər/ (ame, mw)
hanger — noun
- hangersingular
- hangersplural
1. a frame, often shaped like a triangle with a hook on top, that you slip inside a
a frame, often shaped like a triangle with a hook on top, that you slip inside a shirt, jacket, or other piece of clothing so you can hang it up in a wardrobe or on a rail.
Mira folded the dress over a wooden hanger and put it in her closet.
on/over a hanger — the object is the garment
There were thirty empty hangers swinging in the hotel wardrobe.
plural use; counted like any other countable noun
Christopher asked the dry cleaner to return his shirts on plastic hangers, not wire ones.
Darius slid the wet jacket onto a hanger so it could dry without creases.
At check-in, Ritu asked for more hangers for her jacket and dress.
- coat hanger
the full, more explicit name for the same object; common in everyday speech.
- clothes hanger
another full name; slightly more formal than 'coat hanger'.
文法句型
a hanger
on a hanger
put X on a hanger
用法筆記
Often paired with the material it is made of: wooden, plastic, or wire hanger. The wire kind is associated with dry cleaners; wooden ones are seen as nicer.