| 单词 | jug |
| 释义 | jug (once / 1053 pages) 1nv 2v Many people buy their milk in a jug, a large container with a handle and a small opening at the top. A jug usually has a fairly small spout or mouth at the top; a gallon milk container is one kind of jug, usually made of plastic. Other jugs are made of clay or glass. In some countries, beer comes in a jug, and in others water is collected and carried in a jug. Earthenware jugs can actually be played as musical instruments, often in a jug band — the player blows across the opening and holds the jug at different angles. WORD FAMILYjug: jugful, jugged, jugging, jugs+/jugful: jugfuls USAGE EXAMPLESThe officer found an unloaded rifle and a jug of moonshine in Udin’s vehicle. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) Process to a thick creamy-yellow liquor, then tip into a jug. The Guardian(Dec 18, 2016) All I got back was a picture of the claret jug sitting on a table. Golf Digest(Dec 13, 2016) 1 1n a large bottle with a narrow mouth Hypo|Hyper bellarmine, greybeard, long-beard, longbeard a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) water juga jug that holds water whiskey juga jug that contains whiskey bottle a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped 2n the quantity contained in a jug Syn|Hyper jugful containerful the quantity that a container will hold 3v stew in an earthenware jug 2jug the rabbit Hyper stew cook slowly and for a long time in liquid v lock up or confine, in or as in a jail Syn|Hyper gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand confine, detain deprive of freedom; take into confinement |
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