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chug

verb
🔊/tʃʌɡ/
🔊/tʃʌɡ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they chug
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he / she / it chugs
🔊/tʃʌɡz/
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past simple chugged
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past participle chugged
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-ing form chugging
🔊/ˈtʃʌɡɪŋ/
🔊/ˈtʃʌɡɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to move making the sound of an engine running slowly（发动机缓慢运转时）发出突突声
    • The boat chugged down the river.小船突突地沿江而下。🔊🔊
    • The train chugged steadily along the West Highland Line.火车沿着西高地线平稳地隆隆驶向前方。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • slowly
    • steadily
    preposition
    • along
    • down
    • in
    • …
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  2. [transitive] chug something (North American English, informal) to drink all of something quickly without stopping一饮而尽；一口气喝完Topics Feelingsc2
    3. Word Originverb sense 1 mid 19th cent. (as a noun): imitative. verb sense 2 1980s: imitative.

chug

noun
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  1. the sound made by a chugging engine（发动机的）突突声
    Word Originnoun mid 19th cent. (as a noun): imitative.