Hung - chien asked who the playwrights were.是什么意思？

Hung - chien asked who the playwrights were.

鸿 渐 问谁写的剧本.

hung

v. 悬( hang的过去式和过去分词 )，（被）绞死，贴，逗留；

例句
There were no shutters at the windows, and some of the doors hung askew.
窗户上没有百叶窗，有几扇门也歪歪扭扭的。

asked

v. 问( ask的过去式和过去分词 )，询问，要求，请求；

例句
The defendant asked for 21 similar offences to be taken into account...
被告要求考虑到类似的21起违法行为的情况。

who

pron. 谁，什么人，关系代词，有先行词，孰；

例句
The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848.
法国末代国王是1848年逊位的路易·菲力普。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

playwrights

n. 剧作家( playwright的名词复数 )；

例句
Hung - chien asked who the playwrights were.
鸿 渐 问谁写的剧本.

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；

例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。