| 单词 | mug |
| 释义 | mug 1. n. & v. --n 1. a a drinking-vessel, usu. cylindrical and with a handle and used without a saucer. b its contents. 2. sl. the face or mouth of a person. 3. Brit. sl. a a simpleton. b a gullible person. 4. US sl. a hoodlum or thug. --v (mugged, mugging) 1. tr. rob (a person) with violence esp. in a public place. 2. tr. thrash. 3. tr. strangle. 4. intr. sl. make faces, esp. before an audience, a camera, etc. Phrases and idioms a mug's game Brit. colloq. a foolish or unprofitable activity. mug shot sl. a photograph of a face, esp. for official purposes. Derivatives mugger n. (esp. in sense 1 of v.). mugful n. (pl. -fuls). mugging n. (in sense 1 of v.). Etymology: prob. f. Scand.: sense 2 of n. prob. f. the representation of faces on mugs, and sense 3 prob. from this 2. v.tr. (mugged, mugging) Brit. (usu. foll. by up) sl. learn (a subject) by concentrated study. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. |
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