单词 | smug |
释义 | † smugn.1 Obsolete. A blacksmith. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > ironworker or blacksmith ironsmithOE blacksmith1248 smithy man1308 ferrerc1380 ironworkerc1450 vulcanist?1586 smug1600 Vulcan1603 fireworker1608 iron man1610 roughneck1901 1600–9 S. Rowlands Knaue of Clubbes (Percy Soc.) 34 A smug of Vulcan's forging trade. 1629 T. Dekker Londons Tempe 205 Worke my fine Smugges. 1709 E. Ward Writings IV. 133 ‘You're an impudent slut,’ cries the smug at his bellows. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). smugn.2 1. University slang. A quiet hard-working student. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > hard-working student reading man1684 smug1882 grind1893 keener1973 1882 Daily News 23 Mar. 4/7 A ‘smug’ was always unpopular, but all unpopular persons were not smugs. The quiet smug was generally not a rich man. 1884 Radford in Birrell Obiter Dicta 212 He had many friends at Clement's Inn who were not smugs, nor, indeed, reading men in any sense. 2. A smug or self-satisfied person. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > conscious respectability > person Pharisee1539 smug1891 1891 Sat. Rev. 13 June 701 The ocean of silly cant which has been poured forth on the occasion by smugs and prigs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). smugadj. 1. a. Of male persons: Trim, neat, spruce, smart; in later use, having a self-satisfied, conceited, or consciously respectable air.The word has been in very common use from the 16th cent., and the earlier sense shades imperceptibly into the later, so that quotations cannot be separated. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [adjective] smug1551 fat1598 self-contented1631 self-pleased1633 self-satisfied1653 self-contenta1656 self-complacent1736 self-gratulating1755 complacent1767 well1773 self-congratulatory1798 comfortable1856 paddy1865 Podsnappian1866 cosy1927 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > neat or trim > specifically of men smug1551 smudge1596 the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > consciously respectable self-righteous?1575 Pharisaica1618 wholehearteda1628 smug1669 pious1683 righteous1809 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Aiiiv They be so smugge & smoethe, that they haue not somuch as one heare of an honest man. 1581 B. Rich Farewell Militarie Profession K j The Duke..perceiuyng him to bee a proper smogue yong man, gaue hym entertainment. 1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age ii. iv I was when I was borne A pretty smug knaue. 1669 S. Pepys Diary 28 Mar. (1976) IX. 500 To the office with Tom, who looks mighty smug upon his marriage. 1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example v. i Thou hast a handsom smug Neighbour that I believe knows her as well. ?1740 E. Montagu Let. (1825) I. 76 He is a patrician too, and a smugger gentleman than Livy, or any of his heroes. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lxix. 42 Then thy spruce citizen, wash'd artizan, And smug apprentice gulp their weekly air. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians II. 337 A smug officer of the United States Government. 1884 J. Sharman Cursory Hist. Swearing i. 2 The..smug undertakers of the neighbouring Soho. b. Of women or girls. (Common c1590–1650 in the older sense of the word.) ΚΠ 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. G4v Now Gods blessing on thy heart (quoth Callena) for louing such a smugge lasse. 1652 O. Felltham Char. Low-Countries 15 As smug, as a Lady that hath newly lockt up her colours, and laid by her Irons. 1677 T. Otway Cheats of Scapin i. i, in Titus & Berenice sig. F She is indeed a good smug Lass. 1702 R. Steele Funeral iii. 41 Oh that Smugg old Woman! there's no enduring her affectation of Youth. 2. Of the face (person, etc.): Smooth, sleek; also, in later use = sense 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > neat or trim > sleek slick?a1366 smug1582 sleek1829 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 35 His tayle smoog [L. lubrica] thirling, slyke breast to Titan vpheauing. 1592 J. Lyly Midas iv. i Cross-gartred Swaines, & Dairie girles, With faces smug, and round as Pearles. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 21 A slicke forhead, a smugg countenaunce. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) vi. iv. 70 Those dangerous Sirens whose smug maiden face Is ugly mortal Treason's burnish'd Glass. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 428. ⁋1 The Instrument which is to make your Visage less horrid and your Person more smug. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xv. 404 Sleek their heads And smug their countenances. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. x. 233 It was edifying to behold him, fresh shaved, and with smug face, singing out ‘Amen!’ 1892 M. Oliphant Hist. Sketch Queen Anne (1894) v. 237 Jeremy Bentham, in whose smug countenance Mill divined unspoken offences. 3. Of things: Smooth, clean, neat, trim, or tidy; in later use, having an appearance suggestive of complacency or respectability. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > clean and tidy smug1598 polite1602 tidy1706 tosh1776 tidy-looking1825 speck and span1840 spick and span1846 toshy1856 spick1882 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > neat or trim netc1330 pertc1330 cleanc1386 nicec1400 picked?c1425 dapperc1440 feata1471 gim1513 trig1513 well-trimmedc1513 trick1533 smirk1534 tricksy1552 neat1559 netty1573 deft1579 primpc1590 briska1593 smug1598 spruce1598 sprink1602 terse1602 compt1632 nitle1673 sprig1675 snod1691 tight1697 smugged1706 snug1714 pensy1718 fitty1746 jemmy1751 sprucy1774 smartc1778 natty1785 spry1806 perjink1808 soigné1821 nutty1823 toiletted1823 taut1829 spick and span1846 spicy1846 groomed1853 spiffy1853 well-groomed1865 bandboxy1870 perjinkity1880 spick-span1888 bandbox1916 tiddly1925 whip-smart1937 spit and polish1950 spit-and-polished1977 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 99 The smug and siluer Trent. View more context for this quotation 1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. B1 The skie..lookt smug and smoothe, and had not so much as a wart sticking on her face. 1620 G. Markham Farewell to Husbandry (1668) ii. xviii. 88 The Come..falls away and leaves the corn clean and smug of itself. 1777 F. Burney Early Diary, Jrnls. Putting on clean linnen, a tidy gown, and smug cap. 1828 T. De Quincey Elements Rhetoric in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 879/1 The smug and scanty draperies of his style. 1872 J. Hatton Mem. Window II. 262 To them, the smug signboards have been coffin plates. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > neat neat1586 smug1607 featy1621 terse1777 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 129 A smug neate stile,..vernished phrases. 1682 Annot. on Glanvill 184 That trim and smug saying. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xvii. clxxxviii. 269 His soft smug words tickle your wanton ear. 5. Indicative of, characterized by, complacency or conscious respectability. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > consciously respectable > characterized by conscious respectability smug1851 rectitudinous1897 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xi, in Writings I. 103 Human arrogance,..in the smug belief of its own election,..looks upon its fellow..as irrevocably lost. 1859 C. Kingsley Misc. II. 102 Addressing the audience..in the most smug and self-satisfied tone. 1885 Athenæum 30 May 688 A man of smug expediency and polite compromise. Compounds smug-faced adj. ΚΠ 1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 252/1 The fourth that entred..Was..a smugfaced furie. 1720 A. Ramsay Wealth (new ed.) 7 Thrice lucky Pimps, or smug fac'd wanton Fair. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. 2 The smug-faced deacons, in their glossy Sunday coats. smug-looking adj. ΚΠ 1895 ‘I. Maclaren’ Beside Bonnie Brier Bush i A trim, smug-looking teacher's house. smug-skinned adj. ΚΠ 1575 G. Gascoigne Hearbes in Wks. 173 I coulde haue brought a noble regiment Of smugskinnde Nunnes into my countrey soyle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). smugv.1 Now rare. 1. a. transitive. To smarten up (oneself or another, one's appearance, etc.); to make trim or gay. Frequently with up. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify (the person) [verb (transitive)] highta1200 atiffe?c1225 tiff?c1225 wyndre?a1366 kembc1386 picka1393 prunec1395 tifta1400 varnishc1405 finea1425 tifflea1425 quaint1484 embuda1529 trick?1532 trick1545 dill1548 tricka1555 prink1573 smug1588 sponge1588 smudge1589 perk1590 primpc1590 sponge1592 tricksy1598 prime1616 sprug1622 briska1625 to sleek upa1625 trickify1678 prim1688 titivate1705 dandify1823 beflounce1824 befop1866 spry1878 lustrify1886 dude1899 doll1916 tart1938 youthify1945 pansy1946 spiv1947 dolly1958 zhuzh1970 (a) (b)1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia vi. sig. E2 I must craue A little labour to be smug'd, and haue A blessing of Rose-water.1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E4 I haue put on good cloathes, and smugd my face.1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xvii. 260 But to the Pole annex your Brasen Bason, 'Tis not to smug one then, but to amaze one.1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. ii. v. 362 Our Friar Gerund was so shaved, and combed, and smugged, and spruced, that it was a delight to behold his face.1841 Peter Parley's Ann. 234 Poor old Goody Clackett had little thoughts of ever being smugged..to make a guy on the fifth of November.1841 L. Hunt Seer (1864) ii. 74 All the thoroughfares in towns near London..have wonderfully plucked up, and smugged themselves of late years.1588 R. Greene Perimedes To Rdr. sig. A3v To enter parlee with his wif, smugd vp in her best apparrell. 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. E4v Mistresse smugge vp your lookes, on with your best apparell. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) iv. sig. Gv Smug up your beetle Browes, none looke grimly. 1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood iii. ii If she has smugged herself up for me, let me prune and flounce my peruke a little for her. 1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little (ed. 2) i. ix. 80 Your..master..has been smugging up his pretty face. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. iv. iii. 68 He had smugged himself up, it is evident, with the utmost prolixity. 1888 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 788 This worthy tutor, doubtless ‘smugged up’ in his Sunday suit. b. absol. To put on a smart or smug expression. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > be affected or act affectedly [verb (intransitive)] > use affected posture or gesture > expression > put on smug expression smuga1657 a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V ccxcii, in Poems (1878) IV. 174 The Bloat Face of Rusticitie, Smuggs, looking in A Mirrour. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 74 You smug, you trick, You toss a twire a grin. 2. To smarten up (a thing); to fit up (a room, etc.) neatly or nicely. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > improve in appearance cheer1560 tickle1567 smudge1589 perk1590 smug1598 pamper1611 smart1780 smarten1788 primp1801 to fig up1872 dude1899 posh1919 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Brandire, to trick, smug, spruce, or trim vp any thing. 1745 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 64 The moment I have smugged up a closet or a dressing-room, I have always warning given me, that my lease is out. 1751 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 399 The chapel is very pretty, and smugged up with tiny pews. 3. [Perhaps a different word: compare smuggle v.2] intransitive. To caress, fondle. dialect. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > caress or make a show of affection [verb (intransitive)] ingle1599 bill1609 smug1813 canoodle1864 mush1919 goo1941 1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 176 We'll cuddle baith amang the fug An' while we hug, an' kiss, an' smug, I'll haud thee firm by ilka lug. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 301 Blind to the world up in a shebeen in Bride street after closing time..and hugging and smugging. Derivatives smugged adj. (also Comb.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > neat or trim netc1330 pertc1330 cleanc1386 nicec1400 picked?c1425 dapperc1440 feata1471 gim1513 trig1513 well-trimmedc1513 trick1533 smirk1534 tricksy1552 neat1559 netty1573 deft1579 primpc1590 briska1593 smug1598 spruce1598 sprink1602 terse1602 compt1632 nitle1673 sprig1675 snod1691 tight1697 smugged1706 snug1714 pensy1718 fitty1746 jemmy1751 sprucy1774 smartc1778 natty1785 spry1806 perjink1808 soigné1821 nutty1823 toiletted1823 taut1829 spick and span1846 spicy1846 groomed1853 spiffy1853 well-groomed1865 bandboxy1870 perjinkity1880 spick-span1888 bandbox1916 tiddly1925 whip-smart1937 spit and polish1950 spit-and-polished1977 1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 217 Dr. Green was a little spruce smugg'd fac'd..Chaplain. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 319 Drapers smugg'd Prentices. ˈsmugging n.1 ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > [noun] tiffing?c1225 hightinga1387 prickinga1425 perching?1578 pranking1580 primpingc1590 sprunkinga1685 prinking1687 smugging1736 titivation1805 beautifying1836 prink1869 dolling1906 makeover1966 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) A smugging up, ornatus nitidus. 1932 W. H. Auden Orators iii. 104 Only hard On smugging, smartness, and self-regard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). smugv.2 slang. 1. transitive. To steal, filch, run away with. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)] pick?c1300 takec1300 fetch1377 bribec1405 usurpc1412 rapc1415 to rap and rendc1415 embezzle1495 lifta1529 pilfer1532 suffurate1542 convey?1545 mill1567 prig1567 strike1567 lag1573 shave1585 knave1601 twitch1607 cly1610 asport1621 pinch1632 snapa1639 nap1665 panyar1681 to carry off1684 to pick up1687 thievea1695 to gipsy away1696 bone1699 make1699 win1699 magg1762 snatch1766 to make off with1768 snavel1795 feck1809 shake1811 nail1819 geach1821 pull1821 to run off1821 smug1825 nick1826 abduct1831 swag1846 nobble1855 reef1859 snig1862 find1865 to pull off1865 cop1879 jump1879 slock1888 swipe1889 snag1895 rip1904 snitch1904 pole1906 glom1907 boost1912 hot-stuff1914 score1914 clifty1918 to knock off1919 snoop1924 heist1930 hoist1931 rabbit1943 to rip off1967 to have off1974 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 320 Some cold cream, which she had smugged from Mrs. Abberly. 1834 R. H. Froude Remains (1838) I. 386 I have had a horse, which I have been cool enough to smug from the Bishop's stables. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 421/1 After that he used to go ‘smugging’ (running away with) other people's things. 1887 J. W. Horsley Jottings from Jail i. 6 We used to go and smug snowy (steal linen) that was hung out to dry. 2. intransitive. To copy surreptitiously; to crib. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (intransitive)] > copy or plagiarize smug1842 1842 Punch 2 3/2 Copying out their notes in little, that they may smug from them, when locked up in the examination-room. 3. transitive. To hush up (a matter). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)] > cover up smother1579 to shuffle up1588 smother1589 smooth1592 smooth1592 slobber1630 to hush up1632 slubber1646 smooth1684 sopite1746 shade1785 smug1857 hugger-mugger1862 to cover up1926 1857 Morning Chron. 3 Oct. 8/3 She wanted however a guarantee that the case should be smugged, or, in other words, compromised. 4. To arrest, put in prison. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] beclosec1000 setc1100 steekc1175 prison?c1225 adightc1275 imprison1297 laya1325 keepc1330 presentc1380 locka1400 throwc1422 commise1480 clapc1530 shop1548 to lay up1565 incarcerate1575 embar1590 immure1598 hole1608 trunk1608 to keep (a person) darka1616 carceir1630 enjaila1631 pocket1631 bridewell1733 bastille1745 cage1805 quod1819 bag1824 carcerate1839 to send down1840 jug1841 slough1848 to send up1852 to put away1859 warehouse1881 roundhouse1889 smug1896 to bang up1950 1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 247 His father had been smugged. Derivatives ˈsmugging n.2 (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] theft688 stalec950 stealc1200 stoutha1300 stealing13.. stealtha1325 lifting1362 briberya1387 stoutheriec1440 larcenya1475 larcerya1500 conveyancea1529 thieving1530 bribing1533 larcinc1535 embezzling1540 embezzlement1548 thiefdom?1549 theftdom1566 bribering1567 milling1567 thievery1568 larcinry1634 panyarring1703 abduction1766 smugging1825 pickup1846 lurking1851 make1860 tea-leafing1899 snitching1933 lapping1950 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 253 When any game was out,..it was lawful to steal the thing played with; this was called smugging. 1861 in H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 58/2 Landlord (collaring the bell) [stage direct]. Smuggings! pursession is nine points of the law. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 237 Smuggings,..shouted out by boys, when snatching the tops, or small play property, of other lads. 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