[usu. as modifier]a carpet or rug with a long, rough pile 长绒地毯 wall-to-wall shag carpet. 墙根到墙根的长绒地毯。 ■[as modifier](of a pile) long and rough (绒毛)长而粗的 a shag pile. 粗长毛绒面。 ■[mass noun]cloth with a velvet nap on one side 单面丝绒料
a thick, tangled hairstyle or mass of hair 蓬乱发型,蓬乱的头发 her hair was cut short in a boyish shag. 她头发剪得很短成假小子的蓬乱发型。 [as modifier]a shag cut. 头发理成蓬乱式样。
(亦作 shag tobacco)[mass noun]a coarse kind of cut tobacco 粗切烟丝
语源
late Old English sceacga 'rough matted hair', of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skegg 'beard' and shaw. The verb dates from the early 20th cent
shag2 noun
a western European and Mediterranean cormorant with greenish-black plumage and a long curly crest in the breeding season 欧鸬鹚
Phalacrocorax aristotelis, family Phalacrocoracidae 拉丁名Phalacrocorax aristotelis,鸬鹚科 ■(chiefly NZ)any cormorant (主新西兰)鸬鹚
常用词组 like a shag on a rock
(Austral. informal)in an isolated or exposed position (澳,非正式)处于孤立(或暴露)的地位
语源
mid 16th cent.: perhaps a use of shag, with reference to the bird's ‘shaggy’ crest