lug

名词 n. 动词 v.
/lʌɡ/    /lʌɡ/|/lɐɡ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of hauling or dragging.
    — a hard lug
  2. A rod or pole. UK,dialectal
    — And from the bodies [of pines and oaks] the boughes and loftie lugges they beare.
  3. That which is hauled or dragged.
    — The pack is a heavy lug.
  4. A measure of length equal to 16+¹⁄₂ feet. UK,archaic,dialectal
    — eight lugs of grownd; / Into the which returning backe, he fell
  5. Anything that moves slowly.
    — whereof the one is quick of cast, trick, and trim both for pleasure and profit: the other is a lug
  6. A lugsail.
  7. A lug nut.
  8. The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
  9. A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure from a screw.
  10. A loop (or protuberance) found on both arms of a hinge, featuring a hole for the axis of the hinge.
  11. A ridge or other protuberance on the surface of a body to increase traction or provide a hold for holding and moving it.
  12. A part of something which sticks out, used as a handle or support.
  13. A large, clumsy, awkward man; a fool.
  14. An ear or ear lobe. UK
    — While shaving, the poor sod had a fit and cut part of a lug off.
  15. A wood box used for transporting fruit or vegetables.
  16. A request for money, as for political purposes. slang
    — They put the lug on him at the courthouse.
  17. A lugworm.
  18. A pull or drag on a cigarette. informal
    — He took another long lug on his cigarette before continuing quietly, 'I've seen too much and it was seriously screwing me up. […]
动词 v.
  1. To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull. figuratively,sometimes,transitive
    — Why do you always lug around so many books?
  2. To run at too slow a speed. transitive
    — When driving up a hill, choose a lower gear so you don't lug the engine.
  3. To carry an excessive amount of sail for the conditions prevailing. transitive
  4. To pull toward the inside rail ("lugging in") or the outside rail ("lugging out") during a race. intransitive

词形变化

lugs plural lugs present,singular,third-person lugging participle,present lugged participle,past lugged past lugs plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English luggen, possibly from a Scandinavian/North Germanic source, (compare Swedish lugga, Norwegian lugge); also in English dialectal as lig (“to lug”).
Noun is via Scots lugge, probably from Old Norse (compare Norwegian and Swedish lugg).
Probably related to slug (“lazy, slow-moving”), which may be from similar source(s).
词源 2
From Middle English lugge (“pole, stick, staff”).
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