单词 | hug |
释义 | hug I. transitive verb 1. a. < the grip of her knees hugging Saidi's hot, rippling withers — L.C.Douglas > specifically < hurries down the gangplank to hug his waiting wife > < she sat up in bed and hugged her knees — Louis Auchincloss > b. < discounting the chances of being … hugged to death in the claws of a 9-foot anteater — George Weller > 2. a. archaic < hugged the authors as his bosom friends — John Arbuthnot > specifically < refused to fight, on the ground that his opponent had been guilty of hugging attorneys — T.B.Macaulay > b. < hugged ourselves that we hadn't had to be told — A.N.Whitehead > c. < hug our half belief in ghosts — W.W.Howells > < hugged his miseries like a sulky child — John Buchan > < an effort to hug all credit to himself — Jonathan Daniels > 3. < the road hugs the river > < this blast … helps the normal airflow hug the contour of the flap — Richard Witkin > < collars either hug the neck or stand away — Women's Wear Daily > < berries hug the stem > < skaters hug the bonfire > < a sailboat hugs the wind > < the faint aroma … hugged them like smog — Sally Benson > 4. dialect England intransitive verb 1. < in groups that hugged together — Francis Hackett > 2. a. < they hugged and kissed > < the revolving part is hugging closely against one side — Terrell Croft > b. < 'tis a bear's talent not to kick but hug — Alexander Pope > • - hug one's chains II. 1. < gave him a motherly hug > 2. < bitter hug of mortality — Walt Whitman > |
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