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单词 hug
释义 hug
I. \ˈhəg\ verb
(hugged ; hugged ; hugging ; hugs)
Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse hugga to comfort, soothe; akin to Old English hycgan to think, consider, understand, Old High German huggen to think, Old Norse huga & hyggja, Gothic hugjan, and perhaps to Greek kyknos swan — more at cygnet
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to press tightly : clutch
  < the grip of her knees hugging Saidi's hot, rippling withers — L.C.Douglas >
 specifically : to clasp within the arms
  < hurries down the gangplank to hug his waiting wife >
  < she sat up in bed and hugged her knees — Louis Auchincloss >
 b. : to squeeze between the forelegs
  < discounting the chances of being … hugged to death in the claws of a 9-foot anteater — George Weller >
2.
 a. archaic : to show fondness for
  < hugged the authors as his bosom friends — John Arbuthnot >
 specifically : to curry favor with
  < refused to fight, on the ground that his opponent had been guilty of hugging attorneys — T.B.Macaulay >
 b. : congratulate, felicitate
  < hugged ourselves that we hadn't had to be told — A.N.Whitehead >
 c. : to cling to or hold fast : cherish, keep
  < 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. : to stay close or adhere to
 < 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 : to carry with difficulty : lug
intransitive verb
1. : to press together : crowd
 < in groups that hugged together — Francis Hackett >
2.
 a. : to embrace or adhere closely
  < they hugged and kissed >
  < the revolving part is hugging closely against one side — Terrell Croft >
 b. : to crush a victim by squeezing with the forelegs
  < 'tis a bear's talent not to kick but hug — Alexander Pope >

- hug one's chains
II. noun
(-s)
1. : an affectionate embrace
 < gave him a motherly hug >
2. : a crushing or restraining grasp
 < bitter hug of mortality — Walt Whitman >
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