hang up

verb

1. interrupt a telephone conversation

2. put a telephone receiver back in its cradle

3. cause to be hanging or suspended

e.g. Hang that picture on the wall

Synonym: hang

1. -> see hang 1

2. 挂断（电话）/突然挂断…的电话
If you hang up or you hang up the phone, you end a phone call. If you hang up on someone you are speaking to on the phone, you end the phone call suddenly and unexpectedly.

e.g. Mum hung up the phone...
妈妈挂上了电话。
e.g. Don't hang up!...
别挂电话！

3. 结束，终止（运动生涯或某项活动）
You can use hang up to indicate that someone stops doing a particular sport or activity that they have regularly done over a long period. For example, when a footballer hangs up his boots, he stops playing football.

e.g. Keegan announced he was hanging up his boots for good...
基冈宣布自己将挂靴，永远退出足坛。
e.g. Looking back, she feels she should never have hung up her backpack.
回首过去，她觉得自己真不该放下背包不再徒步旅行。

4. see also: hang-up;hung up

1.

1. 挂断(电话)：hang on to紧握住,坚持下去 | hang up挂断(电话) | have back要回,收回

2. 麦当娜<<吊起来>：<> Je M'appelle Helene | 麦当娜<> Hang Up | 小甜甜不烂你<> Baby One More Time