sling
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they sling | |
| he / she / it slings | |
| past simple slung | |
| past participle slung | |
| -ing form slinging |
- (especially British English, informal)
to throw something somewhere in a careless way （随便地）扔，丢 - sling something + adv./prep.
Don't just sling your clothes on the floor. 不要把衣服往地板上一扔就不管了。 She slung her coat into the back of the car. 她把大衣挂在汽车后座上。 - sling somebody something
Sling me an apple, will you? 扔个苹果给我，好吗？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- loosely
- carelessly
- casually
- …
- across
- around
- in
- …
- sling mud at somebody
- sling something around somebody’s shoulders
- sling something over your shoulder
- …
- sling something + adv./prep.
- [often passive] sling something + adv./prep.
to put something somewhere where it hangs loosely 挂；吊 Extra ExamplesHe slung his arm around my shoulders. 他把胳膊搭到我肩上。 His jacket was carelessly slung over one shoulder. 他的夹克衫很随意地搭在肩上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- loosely
- carelessly
- casually
- …
- across
- around
- in
- …
- sling mud at somebody
- sling something around somebody’s shoulders
- sling something over your shoulder
- …
- [often passive] sling somebody + adv./prep. (informal)
to put somebody somewhere by force; to make somebody leave somewhere 遣送；押往；撵走；驱逐
Word OriginMiddle English: probably from Low German, of symbolic origin; compare with German Schlinge ‘noose, snare’. Sense (1) of the verb is from Old Norse slyngva.
Idioms
sling your hook
- (British English, informal)
(used especially in orders 尤用于命令 to go away 走开；滚蛋