mug

mug¹
noun

a large cup, typically cylindrical and with a handle and used without a saucer
（圆筒形有柄）大杯
■the contents of such a cup
一大杯的容量
a largemug of tea vanished in a single gulp.
一大杯茶被一饮而尽。
(informal)a person's face
(非正式)脸
(Brit. informal)a stupid or gullible person
(英，非正式)笨蛋；易受骗的人
(US informal)a hoodlum or thug
(美，非正式)恶棍，流氓；暴徒

(mugged, mugging)
(informal)(非正式)

[with obj.](常作be mugged)attack and rob (someone) in a public place
（在路边等公共场所）对…行凶抢劫
he was mugged by three men who stole his bike.
他被三名男子袭击自行车被夺走。
[as noun mugging]a brutal mugging.
残暴的抢劫。
■(dated)fight or hit (someone)
(旧)打斗；击打（某人）
[no obj.]make faces, especially silly or exaggerated ones, before an audience or a camera
（在观众、镜头前）扮鬼脸，作怪相
he mugged for the camera.
他在镜头前面扮鬼脸。

常用词组
a mug's game

(informal)an activity in which it is foolish to engage because it is likely to be unsuccessful or dangerous
(非正式)不可能成功的傻事；危险的事情
playing with drugs is a mug's game.
玩毒品是很危险的事情。

派生
mugful
( pl. -fuls)
noun(pl. -fuls)
语源

early 16th cent. (originally Scots and northern English, denoting an earthenware bowl): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian mugge, Swedish mugg 'pitcher with a handle'

mug²
(mugged, mugging)

[with obj.](mug something up)(Brit. informal)learn or revise a subject as far as possible in a short time
(英，非正式)（在短时间内尽可能多地）学习（或补习），苦学苦记；攻读
I'm constantly having to mug up things ahead of teaching them.
我经常不得不在上课前攻读要讲的东西。
[no obj.]we had mugged up on all things Venetian before the start of the course.
我们在开课前就攻读过所有与威尼斯文化有关的知识。

语源

mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin

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