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单词 lug
释义
lug1 verblug2 noun
luglug1 /lʌɡ/ verb (past tense and past participle lugged, present participle lugging) [transitive] informal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINlug1
Origin:
1400-1500 Probably from a Scandinavian language
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
lug
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theylug
he, she, itlugs
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theylugged
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave lugged
he, she, ithas lugged
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad lugged
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill lug
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have lugged
Continuous Form
PresentIam lugging
he, she, itis lugging
you, we, theyare lugging
PastI, he, she, itwas lugging
you, we, theywere lugging
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been lugging
he, she, ithas been lugging
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been lugging
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be lugging
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been lugging
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • I've got enough to carry without lugging your bags as well.
  • We lugged our suitcases up the hotel steps.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And to save lugging a vacuum cleaner upstairs, the flat has an outlet for the Univac Central Vacuum System.
  • In order to avoid a major rebellion, Father eventually gave in and lugged my piece of wood all the way to Berwickshire.
  • Sell they did, so much so that Holzman eventually was able to give up lugging everything down to the market.
  • Some parks have fireplaces that make a grilled meal possible without lugging a hibachi along.
  • Then I lug the carboy back up the hill and set it down next to the cast-iron sink.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
to have something or someone in your hands or arms when you go somewhere: · She was carrying a heavy suitcase.· Mary fainted, and had to be carried inside.
especially American English informal to carry something such as a bag or a gun: · He came out of the office toting a black leather briefcase.· Guards toting machine guns stood inside the airport.
to carry something heavy, with difficulty: · They lugged the mail in heavy canvas bags into the building.
to carry something large and heavy somewhere, especially when this is annoying or hard work: · We carted all the furniture upstairs.
American English informal to carry something heavy: · Marty schlepped the suitcases upstairs.
formal to carry something – used when talking about what someone has with them when they go somewhere. Bear is commonly used as a participle bearing: · They arrived bearing gifts.· Anna returned, bearing a large red packet.
Longman Language Activatorto carry something or someone
to take something from one place to another, by holding it in your hands, lifting it on your back etc: · A porter helped me carry my bags.carry something to/out of/around etc: · The women have to carry water from the well to the village.· I've been carrying this tape-recorder around with me all day.
formal or written to carry something, especially something important: · A messenger arrived, bearing a letter from the ambassador.· At the head of the procession a group of dark-suited men bore the coffin into the church.
American informal to carry something: · My job was to tote their golf bags and wash their cars.· a gun-toting cowboy
also schlep American informal to carry something heavy with difficulty: · We lugged our suitcases up the hotel steps.· I've got enough to carry without lugging your bags as well.
informal to carry something that is awkward or heavy: cart something down/out etc: · Madge picked up the box and carted it out to the back yard.· I'm not going to cart your shopping around all afternoon.
to pull or carry something heavy with difficultylug something around It’s a huge book, not something you’d like to lug around.lug something up/into/onto etc something She began to lug her suitcase up the stairs.
lug1 verblug2 noun
luglug2 noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINlug2
Origin:
1900-2000 Probably from lunk; LUNKHEAD
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A good ground is easy to find; hoisting lugs on the engine or the alternator mounting brackets make good grounds.
  • Beadness Sker produced cod into double-figures on lug and frozen crab.
  • Langley Point and White Horses producing a few whiting and dabs to black lug.
  • Note the solder tag at one of the T1 fixing lugs.
  • On occasion they rested on lugs left intact by the workman when stripping off the branches.
  • That is the laird's lug!
1[usually plural] a part of something that sticks out and can be used as a handle or a support2British English humorous an ear SYN  lughole3American English a rough, stupid, or awkward person:  You big lug!
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