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- a large cup, typically cylindrical and with a handle and used without a saucer（圆筒形有柄）大杯。
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- the contents of such a cup一大杯的容量：
a large mug of tea vanished in a single gulp.
一大杯茶被一饮而尽。
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- informal a person's face〈非正式〉脸。
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- Brit. informal a stupid or gullible person〈英, 非正式〉笨蛋; 易受骗的人。
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- US informal a hoodlum or thug〈美, 非正式〉恶棍, 流氓; 暴徒。
(mugged, mugging) informal <非正式>
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- with obj.（常作be mugged）attack and rob (someone) in a public place（在公共场所）对…行凶抢劫：
he was mugged by three men who stole his bike
他遭三名男子袭击, 自行车被抢走
as noun mugging a brutal mugging.残暴的抢劫。
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- dated fight or hit (someone)〈旧〉打斗; 击打（某人）。
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- no obj. make faces, especially silly or exaggerated ones, before an audience or a camera（在观众、镜头前）扮鬼脸, 作怪相：
he mugged for the camera.
他在镜头前面扮鬼脸。
短语
a mug's game
- informal an activity in which it is foolish to engage because it is likely to be unsuccessful or dangerous〈非正式〉不可能成功的傻事; 危险的事情：
playing with drugs is a mug's game.
玩毒品是很危险的事情。
派生词
mugful
noun （pl. -fuls）词源
early 16th cent. （originally Scots and northern English， denoting an earthenware bowl）： probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian mugge, Swedish mugg 'pitcher with a handle'.
mugged, mugging
with obj.(mug something up) Brit. informal learn or revise a subject as far as possible in a short time〈英, 非正式〉（在短时间内尽可能多地）学习（或补习）, 苦学苦记; 攻读：I'm constantly having to mug up things ahead of teaching them
我经常不得不在上课前攻读要讲授的东西
no obj. we had mugged up on all things Venetian before the start of the course.我们在开课前就攻读过所有与威尼斯文化有关的知识。
词源
mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin.