lug

verb
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(informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they lug
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he / she / it lugs
🔊/lʌɡz/
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past simple lugged
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past participle lugged
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-ing form lugging
🔊/ˈlʌɡɪŋ/
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  1. lug something + adv./prep. to carry or drag something heavy with a lot of effort吃力地搬运;用力拖;使劲拉
    • I had to lug my bags up to the fourth floor.我只得费劲地把我的几个包拖上五楼。🔊🔊
    • Leave your books here—you don’t want to lug those around with you all day.将书留在这里–您不想整日随身携带那些书。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLug is used with these nouns as the object:
    • bag
    • baggage
    • paid
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    Word Originverb late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin: compare with Swedish lugga ‘pull a person's hair’ (from lugg ‘forelock’).

lug

noun
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  1. (specialist) a part of something that sticks out, used as a handle or support手柄;把柄;把手
  2. (also lughole)
    (British English, humorous) an ear耳朵
  3. Word Originnoun late 15th cent. (denoting the ear flap of a hat): probably of Scandinavian origin: compare with Swedish lugg ‘forelock, nap of cloth’.