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jug

noun
🔊/dʒʌɡ/
🔊/dʒʌɡ/
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  1. (British English)
    (North American English pitcher)
    a container with a handle and a lip, for holding and pouring liquids（有把有嘴的）壶，罐
    • a milk/water jug奶杯；水罐
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • earthenware
    • glass
    • plastic
    • …
    verb + jug
    • fill
    • fill up
    • pour something into
    • …
    preposition
    • jug of
    See full entry
  2. (North American English)
    (British English pitcher)
    a large round container with a small opening and a handle, and usually with a stopper or cap, for holding liquids（细口带把的）大罐
    • a five-gallon jug of beer五加仑装的啤酒罐
  3. the amount of liquid contained in a jug一壶，一罐（的量）
    • She spilled a jug of water.她把一罐子水弄洒了。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • She poured a jug of water over his head.她把一壶水倒在了他的头上。
    • a jug of milk一罐牛奶
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • earthenware
    • glass
    • plastic
    • …
    verb + jug
    • fill
    • fill up
    • pour something into
    • …
    preposition
    • jug of
    See full entry
  4. jugs
     [plural] (taboo, slang) an offensive word for a woman’s breasts（含冒犯意）奶子
    5. Word Originmid 16th cent.: perhaps from Jug, familiar form of the given names Joan, Joanna, and Jenny.