hanger
/ˈhæŋə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhæŋər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhaŋ-ər/ (ame, mw)
hanger — 名詞
- hangersingular
- hangersplural
1. a frame, often shaped like a triangle with a hook on top, that you slip inside a
衣架
用來吊掛衣物的支撐架
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.
Mira 把洋裝對折掛上木製衣架，放進衣櫃裡。
on/over a hanger — the object is the garment
There were thirty empty hangers swinging in the hotel wardrobe.
飯店衣櫃裡掛著三十個空衣架，輕輕地晃動著。
plural use; counted like any other countable noun
Christopher asked the dry cleaner to return his shirts on plastic hangers, not wire ones.
Christopher 請洗衣店把襯衫掛在塑膠衣架上送回來，不要用鐵絲的那種。
Darius slid the wet jacket onto a hanger so it could dry without creases.
Darius 把濕外套套到衣架上，這樣晾乾時才不會出現皺褶。
At check-in, Ritu asked for more hangers for her jacket and dress.
辦理入住時，Ritu 開口多要幾個衣架來掛她的外套和洋裝。
- 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.