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单词 chug
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chug1

verbchugged, chugs, chugging tʃʌɡtʃəɡ
  • 1no object, with adverbial of direction (of a vehicle or boat) move slowly making regular muffled explosive sounds, as of an engine running slowly.

    a cabin cruiser was chugging down the river
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A moment later, the familiar striped vehicle came chugging down the street.
    • From the island, a boat chugs out to meet the plane.
    • As the train slowly chugged out of the station, her eyes filled with tears.
    • Ivy made a gulping sound as the car chugged forward.
    • His big, black Chevy Tahoe 1500 chugs up a hill toward Ross-Ade Stadium.
    • Sure enough, a train was chugging slowly towards them, belching steam up into the air.
    • I also don't mind hearing the tugs chugging up the Hudson.
    • The train derails and chugs right off the side of the mountain, over the rusty iron rails and teetering wooden supports.
    • Accompanied by a great deal of hooting, it jars into life and chugs uphill at a speed just a little faster than walking pace.
    • A TRAIN chugs out of the railway station.
    • But all too soon the boat had chugged slowly past St Mark's Square, into the Grand Canal and up to the small landing stage a short amble from our hotel.
    • There is something about these sort of journeys, with the old carriages chugging along, that makes arriving at picturesque villages all the more enjoyable.
    • Manda noticed the front door was opened, and she heard a faint sound of a motorboat, chugging through the water.
    • The bus chugged on through Manor Park and Forest Gate, slowly filling up with Saturday morning shoppers.
    • Two battered motor vehicles chugged down one side of the street, throwing out huge clouds of dirty black smoke.
    • Alan, our dive leader, had given us a brief history lesson as our boat chugged out of harbour.
    • The engine chugged down the twisted road and Alex was thrown around like a doll.
    • The lift itself was fine; I could hear it chugging up and down the shaft, and the door on the inside was certainly sliding open with the familiar crunch, but there was no way I could actually get in.
    • Although boats chugged up and down the water on a regular basis (the river was a designated highway), road access was limited.
    • The train was still chugging through the same landscape.
    Synonyms
    move laboriously, strain, struggle, drag oneself, fight one's way, labour
    1. 1.1no object Make a series of muffled explosive sounds.
      he could hear the pipes chugging
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We asked you if you knew about other old desktops still chugging away somewhere.
      • Finally one day, he heard the chugging of a distant motor boat.
      • It was only when I had the thing laid out on the table and was ringing it from my land line that I discovered The Vibrator, a device which makes the thing chug like an old car on a cold morning.
      • Up ahead, Larry pointed to a backhoe chugging away, and I slowed.
      • I could hear the bus before I saw it, its unhealthy chugging sound coming closer and closer.
      • A few voices rose and fell in the hallways; a telephone rang; the elevator chugged slowly.
      • We hear the chugging, as it comes closer to the station.
      • Applied science is fascinating: it whirs and chugs around us constantly, invisibly.
      • I could hear machinery of some kind chugging away inside.
      • Still, McGuire will have to rely on some acquisitions to keep the engine chugging.
      • You can actually hear his brain make chugging noises when he thinks.
      • The engine chugged away as the Buick came to a standstill in the muddy drive.
nounPlural chugs tʃʌɡtʃəɡ
  • A muffled explosive sound or sounds.

    the chug of a motorboat
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She brushed aside branches, following the chug of an unseen train that got louder and louder until finally, another whistle sounded into the air.
    • Only the chug of the engine breaks the silence until we find open water.
    • Our maintenance crew drove over the ‘hill’ from San Diego and determined the chugs had resulted from a loose engine-intake housing.
    • We would have aborted at a relatively low speed, long before the chug notified us of our engine trouble.
    • The intermittent chug of a passing taxicab momentarily scathed Lincoln's vision, but undeterred she preached on to a deaf society.
    • With no cars allowed within the walls of this ancient settlement, both hotels make for ideal retreats, with only the sound of the sea to lull you asleep and the chug of fishing boats to wake you each morning.
    • But if you like the leisurely chug of the old ferries, they still exist, and cost half as much as their speedier cousins.
    • AS THE chug of a train rumbles overhead, Andy Arnold takes a seat amid the lunchtime bustle of the Arches theatre bar in Glasgow's city centre.
    • Cobalt blue water lies around every bend and at dawn you'll have the chug chug of the lobster fleet for an alarm clock.
    • We slowly trolled round a series of sunken Islands and under water ridges, only the constant chug of the outboard could be heard as evening slowly approached.

Origin

Mid 19th century (as a noun): imitative.

Rhymes

bug, Doug, drug, dug, fug, glug, hug, jug, lug, mug, plug, pug, rug, shrug, slug, smug, snug, thug, trug, tug

chug2

(also chugalug)
verbchugged, chugs, chuggingtʃʌɡtʃəɡ
[with object]North American informal
  • Consume (a drink) in large gulps without pausing.

    she chugged a glass of cola
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It made recycling very easy to find, and if you wanted to just stand there and chug your drink, it was very easy to then recycle the bottle.
    • Glasses clinked, husky men arm-wrestled in the back, and a group of burly women chugged their beer and laughed at us as we entered.
    • I was rather thirsty and I hadn't had much to eat all day so I chugged the carbonated beverage down in a hurry.
    • As soon as they went outside Emma got all excited and chugged a drink that was in her pocket.
    • The average American chugs 400 glasses of milk a year.
    • I moved two steps to my left and into the designated drinking zone, chugged the beer and was about to toss the water bottle into a large black plastic rubbish sack, when the guard's companion urged me to reconsider.
    • Jenny chugged the drink, pulled a face, and then set the mug down.
    • Whether you like to chug beer at parties or prefer a glass of wine with dinner makes a big difference when it comes to your health, three recent studies confirm.
    • But in other parts of the world, consumers with small iceboxes chug their milk from a rectangular drink box kept in the pantry.
    • With that, I chugged my first beer, gagging on the taste.
    • He didn't hear me, he was too busy chugging from his bottle of beer and groping the girl nearest him.
    • I really should stop chugging coffee and then use every idea that pops into my head.
    • ‘I might get another agent next year,’ he muses, chugging coffee in a nearby cafe.
    • Neither of them ever taught me to shave, shoot or chug a beer.
    • Bray chugs his beers and brags of the large amounts of meat he can eat.
    • Whenever the ball lands in a player's cup, he has to chug a beer.
    • Vinny brought the plastic cup of beer to his mouth and tipped his head back, gulping nervously, chugging the entire beverage in just a few slurps.
    • People laughed and chugged their ale and wine, while playing darts and talking.
    • Unfortunately, I hate black jelly beans, and I thought it tasted nasty, so I wound up chugging my drinks, which is really not the point of absinthe.
    • I'm more than happy to inhale a bag of chips, chug beer, and crunch the empty can between my palm and my forehead.
    • Bringing the bottle to his mouth he began to chug the alcohol, looking for a way to remove the pain and guilt he felt.
    Synonyms
    swallow, quaff, swill down, down
nounPlural chugstʃʌɡtʃəɡ
North American informal
  • A large gulp of a drink.

    Chris took a long chug of his beer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Everybody cheers and takes another chug of their beer.
    • He lifted the brown glass bottle and took a long, gulping chug.
    • A splash of water, a chug of caffeine, and off we went.
    • The Earl took a hefty chug of brandy from his bottle.
    • Well, join me later on, and there will be chug by chug updates.
    • Chasing girls, a bit of skylarking, the obligatory chugalug at the bar.
    • "Shut up," she muttered before taking a quick chug of the soda.
    • Marcus took a large chug of juice right out of its carton.
    • Daryl took a long chug of his beer and remained silent.
    • Double chugs are required for all other distracting cameos thereafter, and for whenever Knightley drags her drinking glass across her lips to signify how troubled her character is.
    • Much better options would be a piece of fruit and a big chug of water.
    • Catherine picked up the glass of mead and finished it in one chug.
    Synonyms
    mouthful, swallow, draught

Origin

1950s: imitative.

 
 

chug1

verbCHəɡtʃəɡ
  • 1no object, with adverbial of direction (of a vehicle or boat) move slowly with engine making regular muffled explosive sounds.

    a cabin cruiser was chugging down the river
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Accompanied by a great deal of hooting, it jars into life and chugs uphill at a speed just a little faster than walking pace.
    • His big, black Chevy Tahoe 1500 chugs up a hill toward Ross-Ade Stadium.
    • Sure enough, a train was chugging slowly towards them, belching steam up into the air.
    • The bus chugged on through Manor Park and Forest Gate, slowly filling up with Saturday morning shoppers.
    • But all too soon the boat had chugged slowly past St Mark's Square, into the Grand Canal and up to the small landing stage a short amble from our hotel.
    • Although boats chugged up and down the water on a regular basis (the river was a designated highway), road access was limited.
    • The train was still chugging through the same landscape.
    • There is something about these sort of journeys, with the old carriages chugging along, that makes arriving at picturesque villages all the more enjoyable.
    • I also don't mind hearing the tugs chugging up the Hudson.
    • Manda noticed the front door was opened, and she heard a faint sound of a motorboat, chugging through the water.
    • The engine chugged down the twisted road and Alex was thrown around like a doll.
    • A TRAIN chugs out of the railway station.
    • Two battered motor vehicles chugged down one side of the street, throwing out huge clouds of dirty black smoke.
    • Alan, our dive leader, had given us a brief history lesson as our boat chugged out of harbour.
    • A moment later, the familiar striped vehicle came chugging down the street.
    • The train derails and chugs right off the side of the mountain, over the rusty iron rails and teetering wooden supports.
    • Ivy made a gulping sound as the car chugged forward.
    • The lift itself was fine; I could hear it chugging up and down the shaft, and the door on the inside was certainly sliding open with the familiar crunch, but there was no way I could actually get in.
    • From the island, a boat chugs out to meet the plane.
    • As the train slowly chugged out of the station, her eyes filled with tears.
    Synonyms
    move laboriously, strain, struggle, drag oneself, fight one's way, labour
    1. 1.1 Emit a series of regular muffled explosive sounds, as of an engine running slowly.
      he could hear the pipes chugging
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We asked you if you knew about other old desktops still chugging away somewhere.
      • I could hear machinery of some kind chugging away inside.
      • The engine chugged away as the Buick came to a standstill in the muddy drive.
      • We hear the chugging, as it comes closer to the station.
      • Still, McGuire will have to rely on some acquisitions to keep the engine chugging.
      • Applied science is fascinating: it whirs and chugs around us constantly, invisibly.
      • Up ahead, Larry pointed to a backhoe chugging away, and I slowed.
      • Finally one day, he heard the chugging of a distant motor boat.
      • A few voices rose and fell in the hallways; a telephone rang; the elevator chugged slowly.
      • It was only when I had the thing laid out on the table and was ringing it from my land line that I discovered The Vibrator, a device which makes the thing chug like an old car on a cold morning.
      • You can actually hear his brain make chugging noises when he thinks.
      • I could hear the bus before I saw it, its unhealthy chugging sound coming closer and closer.
nounCHəɡtʃəɡ
  • A muffled explosive sound or sounds.

    the chug of a motorboat
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our maintenance crew drove over the ‘hill’ from San Diego and determined the chugs had resulted from a loose engine-intake housing.
    • Cobalt blue water lies around every bend and at dawn you'll have the chug chug of the lobster fleet for an alarm clock.
    • But if you like the leisurely chug of the old ferries, they still exist, and cost half as much as their speedier cousins.
    • Only the chug of the engine breaks the silence until we find open water.
    • With no cars allowed within the walls of this ancient settlement, both hotels make for ideal retreats, with only the sound of the sea to lull you asleep and the chug of fishing boats to wake you each morning.
    • AS THE chug of a train rumbles overhead, Andy Arnold takes a seat amid the lunchtime bustle of the Arches theatre bar in Glasgow's city centre.
    • We would have aborted at a relatively low speed, long before the chug notified us of our engine trouble.
    • We slowly trolled round a series of sunken Islands and under water ridges, only the constant chug of the outboard could be heard as evening slowly approached.
    • The intermittent chug of a passing taxicab momentarily scathed Lincoln's vision, but undeterred she preached on to a deaf society.
    • She brushed aside branches, following the chug of an unseen train that got louder and louder until finally, another whistle sounded into the air.

Origin

Mid 19th century (as a noun): imitative.

chug2

(also chugalug, chug-a-lug)
verbCHəɡtʃəɡ
[with object]North American informal
  • Consume (a drink) in large gulps without pausing.

    Avery chugged a cup of coffee
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Neither of them ever taught me to shave, shoot or chug a beer.
    • The average American chugs 400 glasses of milk a year.
    • Whether you like to chug beer at parties or prefer a glass of wine with dinner makes a big difference when it comes to your health, three recent studies confirm.
    • But in other parts of the world, consumers with small iceboxes chug their milk from a rectangular drink box kept in the pantry.
    • Unfortunately, I hate black jelly beans, and I thought it tasted nasty, so I wound up chugging my drinks, which is really not the point of absinthe.
    • With that, I chugged my first beer, gagging on the taste.
    • He didn't hear me, he was too busy chugging from his bottle of beer and groping the girl nearest him.
    • I really should stop chugging coffee and then use every idea that pops into my head.
    • People laughed and chugged their ale and wine, while playing darts and talking.
    • Jenny chugged the drink, pulled a face, and then set the mug down.
    • I'm more than happy to inhale a bag of chips, chug beer, and crunch the empty can between my palm and my forehead.
    • ‘I might get another agent next year,’ he muses, chugging coffee in a nearby cafe.
    • Vinny brought the plastic cup of beer to his mouth and tipped his head back, gulping nervously, chugging the entire beverage in just a few slurps.
    • I moved two steps to my left and into the designated drinking zone, chugged the beer and was about to toss the water bottle into a large black plastic rubbish sack, when the guard's companion urged me to reconsider.
    • As soon as they went outside Emma got all excited and chugged a drink that was in her pocket.
    • Whenever the ball lands in a player's cup, he has to chug a beer.
    • Glasses clinked, husky men arm-wrestled in the back, and a group of burly women chugged their beer and laughed at us as we entered.
    • It made recycling very easy to find, and if you wanted to just stand there and chug your drink, it was very easy to then recycle the bottle.
    • I was rather thirsty and I hadn't had much to eat all day so I chugged the carbonated beverage down in a hurry.
    • Bray chugs his beers and brags of the large amounts of meat he can eat.
    • Bringing the bottle to his mouth he began to chug the alcohol, looking for a way to remove the pain and guilt he felt.
    Synonyms
    swallow, quaff, swill down, down
nounCHəɡtʃəɡ
North American informal
  • A large gulp of a drink.

    Chris took a long chug of his beer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He lifted the brown glass bottle and took a long, gulping chug.
    • Much better options would be a piece of fruit and a big chug of water.
    • Daryl took a long chug of his beer and remained silent.
    • "Shut up," she muttered before taking a quick chug of the soda.
    • A splash of water, a chug of caffeine, and off we went.
    • Chasing girls, a bit of skylarking, the obligatory chugalug at the bar.
    • The Earl took a hefty chug of brandy from his bottle.
    • Catherine picked up the glass of mead and finished it in one chug.
    • Well, join me later on, and there will be chug by chug updates.
    • Everybody cheers and takes another chug of their beer.
    • Marcus took a large chug of juice right out of its carton.
    • Double chugs are required for all other distracting cameos thereafter, and for whenever Knightley drags her drinking glass across her lips to signify how troubled her character is.
    Synonyms
    mouthful, swallow, draught

Origin

1950s: imitative.

 
 
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