| 单词 | mug |
| 释义 | mug /mug/, n. , v. , mugged, mugging. n. 1. a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware. 2. the quantity it holds. 3. Slang. a. the face. b. the mouth. c. an exaggerated facial expression; grimace, as in acting. d. a thug, ruffian, or other criminal. 4. Brit. Slang. a gullible person; dupe; fool. v.t. 5. to assault or menace, esp. with the intention of robbery. 6. Slang. to photograph (a person), esp. in compliance with an official or legal requirement. v.i. 7. Slang. to grimace; exaggerate a facial expression, as in acting. [1560-70; prob. < Scand; cf. Sw mugg, Norw, Dan mugge drinking cup; sense "face" appar. transferred from cups adorned with grotesque faces; sense "to assault" from earlier pugilistic slang "to strike in the face, fight"] |
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