shrug
英 [?r?g]
美[?r?ɡ]
- vt. 聳肩，聳肩表示
- n. 聳肩
- vi. 聳肩
GRECET4TEM4IELTS考研CET6中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?shrugs;過去式:?shrugged;過去分詞:?shrugged;現在分詞:?shrugging;
中文詞源
shrug 聳肩
詞源不詳，可能最終來自 PIE*sker,彎，轉，收縮，詞源同 ring,curve,scrimp.
英文詞源
- shrug (n.)
- a shoulder motion meant to express indifference, want of an answer, etc., 1590s, from shrug (v.).
- shrug (v.)
- c. 1400, schurgyng, of uncertain origin. Perhaps connected to Danish skrugge "to stoop, crouch." Related: Shrugged; shrugging. To shrug (something) off "dismiss" is recorded from 1909.
雙語例句
- 1. He gave a feeble shrug and tried to squirm free.
- 他無力地聳聳肩，扭動身體想要掙脫。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Erica made a little deprecating shrug.
- 埃麗卡有點不以為然地聳聳肩。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Mme Arlette gave a Gallic shrug.
- 阿萊特女士做了一個法國式的聳肩動作。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. "I suppose so," said Anna with a shrug.
- “我想是吧,”安娜聳了聳肩說道.
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He gave a self-deprecating shrug.
- 他自謙地聳聳肩。
來自《權威詞典》