单词 | hug |
释义 | hug (once / 595 pages) vn To hug someone is to warmly embrace or grasp them with your arms. Some families hug each other all the time, while others save their hugs for special occasions. Celebrate National Hug Your Cat Day if you want to, but your cat may be less enthusiastic about it than you are. Hug is both a verb and a noun: when you hug your cat, she gets a hug. You can also hug your knees, holding them close to your body, and your skinny jeans can be said to hug your legs, or fit tightly. Hug probably comes from the Old Norse hugga, "to comfort." WORD FAMILYhug: hugged, hugger, hugging, hugs+/hugger: huggers/hugging: huggings USAGE EXAMPLESSoon he was followed by sprinting, dancing teammates who were quickly engulfed in hugs and confetti. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Each resident received handmade cards and hug from students. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) He pulled Mills into a bear hug and murmured plaudits into his ear. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1v squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness Hug me, please He hugged her close to him Syn|Hypo|Hyper bosom, embrace, squeeze clinch embrace amorously cuddlehold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth interlock, lockbecome engaged or intermeshed with one another clasp hold firmly and tightly 2v fit closely or tightly The dress hugged her hips Hyper adjoin, contact, meet, touch be in direct physical contact with; make contact 3n a tight or amorous embrace come here and give me a big hug Syn|Hyper clinch, squeeze embrace, embracement, embracing the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) |
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