| 正面 | 6181.mug 英 [mʌg]美 [mʌɡ] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| 背面 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 释义: 1. 马克杯应该就是由这个单词音译过来的。n. 杯子;脸;苦读者vi. 扮鬼脸,做怪相vt. 给……拍照;行凶抢劫 例句: 1. I feel such a mug for signing the agreement.我觉得签这个协议真傻。 mug 大杯,缸子,马克杯,丑脸,抢劫原指一种陶土烧制的杯子或碗,罐子,词源不详。后用于俚语丑陋的脸,即杯子上反射出来 的变形的脸。后用于指扇巴掌,掌掴,即把脸打变形,引申词义抢劫。 mug (n.1)"drinking vessel," 1560s, "bowl, pot, jug," of unknown origin, perhaps from Scandinavian (compare Swedish mugg "mug, jug," Norwegian mugge "pitcher, open can for warm drinks"), or Low German mokke, mukke "mug," also of unknown origin.mug (n.2)"a person's face," 1708, possibly from mug (n.1), on notion of drinking mugs shaped like grotesque faces. Sense of "portrait or photograph in police records (as in mug shot, 1950) had emerged by 1887. Hence, also, "a person" (especially "a criminal"), 1890.mug (v.1)"to beat up," 1818, originally "to strike the face" (in pugilism), from mug (n.2). The general meaning "attack" is first attested 1846, and "attack to rob" is from 1864. Perhaps influenced by thieves' slang mug "dupe, fool, sucker" (1851). Related: Mugged; mugging.mug (v.2)"make exaggerated facial expressions," 1855, originally theatrical slang, from mug (n.2). Related: Mugged; mugging." |
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