slug

noun
🔊/slʌɡ/
🔊/slʌɡ/
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  1. a small, soft creature, like a snail without a shell, that moves very slowly and often eats garden plants缓步虫;蛞蝓
    Topics Insects, worms, etc.c2, Gardensc2
  2. (informal) a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink少量,一小杯(烈性酒)
    • He took another slug of whisky.他又喝了一点威士忌。🔊🔊
  3. (especially North American English, informal) a bullet子弹
  4. (North American English, informal) a piece of metal like a coin in shape used to get things from machines, etc., sometimes illegally 硬币形金属片,假硬币(有时用以从自动售货机中骗取东西)
  5. Word Originnoun late Middle English (in the sense ‘sluggard’): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian dialect slugg ‘large heavy body’. Sense 1 dates from the early 18th cent.

slug

verb
🔊/slʌɡ/
🔊/slʌɡ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they slug
🔊/slʌɡ/
🔊/slʌɡ/
he / she / it slugs
🔊/slʌɡz/
🔊/slʌɡz/
past simple slugged
🔊/slʌɡd/
🔊/slʌɡd/
past participle slugged
🔊/slʌɡd/
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-ing form slugging
🔊/ˈslʌɡɪŋ/
🔊/ˈslʌɡɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. slug somebody (informal) to hit somebody hard, especially with your closed hand用力打;狠揍
    • I slugged him in the face.我拍了拍他的脸。
  2. slug something (in baseball棒球) to hit the ball hard猛击(球)
  3. Word Originverb mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin; compare with the verb slog.
Idioms
slug it out
  1. to fight or compete until it is clear who has won决出胜负;一决雌雄