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Mug Informal Coffee Mugging Mʌɡ Verb Drinking I

The word "mug" refers to a cup with a handle, a type of criminal who mugs people, a foolish person, or a face. It can also be used as a verb meaning to rob someone by force, and in an idiom meaning a pointless activity.

The word "mug" has several meanings: a cup with a handle for hot drinks, a verb meaning to attack and rob someone, an informal term for a foolish or easily deceived person, and in British slang, a face. It can also be part of the idiom "a mug's game", meaning a pointless or unprofitable activity.

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]马克杯(用来喝热饮的有柄大杯子) A mug is a large deep cup with straight sides and a handle, used for hot drinks.
  [usu N of n]
  • He spooned instant coffee into two of the mugs.

    他用勺子把速溶咖啡舀入两个杯子中。

  • A mug of something is the amount of it contained in a mug.一杯的量
    • He had been drinking mugs of coffee to keep himself awake.

      为让自己保持清醒,他一杯接一杯地喝咖啡。

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[VERB 动词]对…行凶抢劫 If someone mugs you, they attack you in order to steal your money.
  [V n]
  • I was walking out to my car when this guy tried to mug me...

    我正出门朝我的车走去,就在这时这家伙企图对我进行抢劫。

  • He has been mugged more than once.

    他已是不止一次被抢劫了。

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  • Bank robberies, burglaries and muggings are reported almost daily in the press...

    报纸上几乎每天都有抢劫银行、入室行窃和拦路抢劫的报道。

  • We usually think of a victim of mugging as being someone elderly.

    我们通常以为被拦路抢劫的受害者是老年人。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]傻瓜;易受骗者 If you say that someone is a mug, you mean that they are stupid and easily deceived by other people.
  [disapproval]
  [BRIT 英]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • He's a mug as far as women are concerned...

    在女性眼里,他是个傻瓜。

  • I feel such a mug for signing the agreement.

    我觉得签这个协议真傻。

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[PHRASE 短语](不值得一做的)傻瓜的游戏,傻事 If you say that an activity is a mug's game, you mean that it is not worth doing because it does not give the person who is doing it any benefit or satisfaction.
  [v-link PHR]
  [disapproval]
  [BRIT INFORMAL 英]
  • I used to be a very heavy gambler, but not any more. It's a mug's game...

    我曾经是个赌棍,但现在再也不赌了,那是傻瓜的游戏。

  • Dieting is a mug's game.

    傻瓜才节食。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]脸;面孔 Some-one's mug is their face.
  [usu poss N]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • He managed to get his ugly mug on the telly.

    他设法让自己那张丑陋的脸上了电视。

相关词组:
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Oxford mug / mʌɡ ; NAmE mʌɡ /
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mug mugs mugged mugging
noun _cupsandglasses_diningroom_comp.jpg _mug.jpg 1 a tall cup for drinking from, usually with straight sides and a handle, used without a saucer (不用茶碟的有柄的)大杯,缸子, 马克杯 a coffee mug 咖啡缸子 a beer mug (= a large glass with a handle) 大啤酒杯 2 a mugand what it contains 一缸子(的量) a mug of coffee 一大杯咖啡 3 ( slang) a person's face (人的)脸 I never want to see his ugly mug again. 我再也不想看到他那张丑恶的面孔。 4 ( informal) a person who is stupid and easy to trick 傻瓜;笨蛋 They made me look a complete mug. 他们弄得我像个十足的傻瓜。 He's no mug. 他不傻。 IDIOM a ˈmug's game ( disapproving) ( especially BrE) an activity that is unlikely to be successful or make a profit 徒劳无功的事;不易成功的事;不易获利的事 verb ( -gg- ) 1 [transitive ] mugsb to attack sb violently in order to steal their money, especially in a public place (公然)行凶抢劫,打劫 She had been mugged in the street in broad daylight. 光天化日之下,她在街上遭到抢劫。 2 [intransitive ] mug(for sb/sth) ( informal) ( especially NAmE) to make silly expressions with your face or behave in a silly, exaggerated way, especially on the stage or before a camera (尤指在舞台上或摄影机前)扮鬼脸,扮怪相 to mug for the cameras 在摄影机前扮怪相 PHRASAL VERB ˌmug sth↔ˈup | ˌmug ˈup on sth ( BrE) ( informal) to learn sth, especially in a short time for a particular purpose, for example an exam 突击式学习 mug / mʌɡ ; NAmE mʌɡ /
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mug1 noun
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mugmug1 /mʌɡ/ ●●○ noun [countable]
Word Origin
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1mug (1)a tall cup used for drinking tea, coffee etc:  a coffee mug2a large glass with a handle, used especially for drinking beer:  a beer mug3mug/mugful of something a mug and the liquid inside it:  Two mugs of tea, please.4British English spoken informal someone who is stupid and easy to deceive:  Only a mug would pay that much for a meal.5be a mug’s game British English spoken to be something that only stupid people do because it is not likely to be successful or to bring you money:  Gambling is a mug’s game.6spoken informal a face:  Something scared him. Probably your ugly mug!
mug1 noun
mug2 verb
mugmug2 ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle mugged, present participle mugging)
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1[transitive] to attack someone and rob them in a public place:  A lot of people won’t go out alone at night because they’re afraid of being mugged. see thesaurus at
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steal
2[intransitive] American English informal to make silly expressions with your face or behave in a silly way, especially for a photograph or in a playmug for All the kids were mugging for the camera.mug up phrasal verb British English informal to try to learn something in a short time, especially for an examination SYN  swot upmug up on Jeannie can’t come. She’s busy mugging up on science for her exam.mug something ↔ up Mug up as much as you can about the country before your trip.
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mug

[mʌg]mugged, mugging, mugs

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mugged[1869] mugging[1029] mugs[1599]
杯(79%),脸(16%),打劫(2%),一杯的量(1%),突击学习(1%),恶棍(1%)
n.杯子;脸;苦读者
vi.扮鬼脸,做怪相
vt.行凶抢劫

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