lug

Word family

lug1 /lʌɡ/ verb (lugged, lugging) [transitiveT] informal

CARRYPULLto pull or carry something heavy with difficulty 吃力地拖[拉，提]〔重物〕

lug something around

It’s a huge book, not something you’d like to lug around.

这是一本厚重的书，不是你想搬来搬去的东西。

lug something up/into/onto etc something

She began to lug her suitcase up the stairs.

她开始把她的行李箱拖上楼。

Examples from the Corpus

lug• Some parks have fireplaces that make a grilled meal possible without lugging a hibachi along.• And to save lugging a vacuum cleaner upstairs, the flat has an outlet for the Univac Central Vacuum System.• Sell they did, so much so that Holzman eventually was able to give up lugging everything down to the market.• In order to avoid a major rebellion, Father eventually gave in and lugged my piece of wood all the way to Berwickshire.• We lugged our suitcases up the hotel steps.• Then I lug the carboy back up the hill and set it down next to the cast-iron sink.• I've got enough to carry without lugging your bags as well.

lug2 noun [countableC]

1. HOLDSTICK OUT[usually plural] a part of something that sticks out and can be used as a handle or a support 〔用作柄、支撑物等的〕耳状物

2. British EnglishBrE humorousHBH an ear 耳朵 SYN lughole

3 American EnglishAmESTUPID/NOT SENSIBLE a rough, stupid, or awkward person 粗人；笨蛋；笨手笨脚的人

You big lug!

你这个大笨蛋！

Examples from the Corpus

lug• Langley Point and White Horses producing a few whiting and dabs to black lug.• Note the solder tag at one of the T1 fixing lugs.• A good ground is easy to find; hoisting lugs on the engine or the alternator mounting brackets make good grounds.• Beadness Sker produced cod into double-figures on lug and frozen crab.• On occasion they rested on lugs left intact by the workman when stripping off the branches.• That is the laird's lug!

Origin lug1

(1400-1500) Probably from a Scandinavian language

lug2

(1900-2000) Probably from lunk; LUNKHEAD

lug1 verblug2 noun

Chinese

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