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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sag \Sag\, v. t.
To cause to bend or give way; to load.
Sag \Sag\, n.
State of sinking or bending; sagging.
Sag \Sag\ (s[a^]g), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sagged}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Sagging}.] [Akin to Sw. sacka to settle, sink down, LG.
sacken, D. zakken. Cf. {Sink}, v. i.]
1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied
pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or
cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn;
the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or
settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag
one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.
2. Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop;
to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under
the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be
unsettled or unbalanced. [R.]
The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, Shall
never sag with doubt nor shake with fear. --Shak.
3. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop
heavily.
{To sag to leeward} (Naut.), to make much leeway by reason of
the wind, sea, or current; to drift to leeward; -- said of
a vessel. --Totten.
资料来源 : WordNet®
sag
v 1: droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss
of tautness [syn: {droop}, {swag}, {flag}]
2: cause to sag; "The children sagged their bottoms down even
more comfortably" [syn: {sag down}]
[also: {sagging}, {sagged}]
sag
n : a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" [syn:
{droop}]
[also: {sagging}, {sagged}]