| 单词 | shrug |
| 释义 | shrug (ʃrʌg ) Word forms: shrugs , shrugging , shrugged verb If you shrug, you raise your shoulders to show that you are not interested in something or that you do not know or care about something. I shrugged, as if to say, 'Why not?' [VERB] The man shrugged his shoulders. [VERB noun] Shrug is also a noun. 'I suppose so,' said Anna with a shrug. Phrasal verbs: shrug off phrasal verb If you shrug something off, you ignore it or treat it as if it is not really important or serious. He shrugged off the criticism. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He just laughed and shrugged it off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Collocations: indifferent shrug For a long time, supporters approached the 50-over game with an indifferent shrug. Times, Sunday Times The response has pretty much been an indifferent shrug. Times, Sunday Times Bell's return will be greeted with an indifferent shrug because it was long expected. Times, Sunday Times The financial markets have so far reacted with an indifferent shrug. Times, Sunday Times She thought that what he really mourned was his shabby, half-formed talent: his unpolishable, untruthful poems, published into a semi-circle of indifferent shrugs, and non-existent sales. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 耸肩 Japanese: 肩をすくめる |
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