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shrug

verb
 
🔊/ʃrʌɡ/
🔊/ʃrʌɡ/
[intransitive, transitive, no passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they shrug
🔊/ʃrʌɡ/
🔊/ʃrʌɡ/
he / she / it shrugs
🔊/ʃrʌɡz/
🔊/ʃrʌɡz/
past simple shrugged
🔊/ʃrʌɡd/
🔊/ʃrʌɡd/
past participle shrugged
🔊/ʃrʌɡd/
🔊/ʃrʌɡd/
-ing form shrugging
🔊/ˈʃrʌɡɪŋ/
🔊/ˈʃrʌɡɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. to raise your shoulders and then drop them to show that you do not know or care about something耸肩（表示不知道或不在乎）
    • Sam shrugged and said nothing.萨姆耸耸肩膀，什么也没说。🔊🔊
    • shrug something ‘I don't know,’ Anna replied, shrugging her shoulders.“我不知道。” 安娜耸耸肩膀，应了一句。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • lightly
    • slightly
    • carelessly
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘fidget’): of unknown origin.

shrug

noun
🔊/ʃrʌɡ/
🔊/ʃrʌɡ/
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  1. [usually singular] an act of raising your shoulders and then dropping them to show that you do not know or care about something耸肩（表示不知道或不在乎）
    • Andy gave a shrug. ‘It doesn't matter.’安迪耸耸肩：“这没关系。”🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • little
    • slight
    • small
    • …
    verb + shrug
    • give
    preposition
    • in a shrug
    • with a shrug
    • shrug of
    • …
    phrases
    • a shrug of the/​your shoulders
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  2. a very short jacket, usually made of wool, that is open at the front and worn by women带袖短披肩
    • The shrug offers a fashionable layer of extra warmth.耸肩为时尚提供了额外的温暖。
    • You can wear a shrug to keep your shoulders warm.您可以耸耸肩以保持肩膀温暖。
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘fidget’): of unknown origin.