slug
slug 英 [slʌg] 美 [slʌɡ]
n. 鼻涕虫；动作缓慢的人；金属小块 vi. 偷懒；动作迟缓 vt. 重击
进行时:slugging 过去式:slugged 过去分词:slugged 第三人称单数:slugs 名词复数:slugs
- Use the word slug to mean "bullet," "slimy, land-dwelling mollusk," or "super lazy person." If your mom finds you on the couch as often as she finds slugs in her garden, she'll call you a slug too.
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- n. 鼻涕虫；动作缓慢的人；金属小块
- vi. 偷懒；动作迟缓
- vt. 重击
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1. They then die of the infection, while the slug remains healthy.
他们将死于感染，而“鼻涕虫”则保持健康。
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2. Like a sheep or a slug, it eats plants.
它像绵羊或蛞蝓一样吞食植物。
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3. He took another slug of whisky.
他又喝了一点威士忌。
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4. Edgar took a slug of his drink.
埃德加喝了一大口。
- slug (n.1) "shell-less land snail," 1704, originally "lazy person" (early 15c.); related to sluggard.
- slug (n.2) "lead bit," 1620s, perhaps a special use of slug (n.1), perhaps on some supposed resemblance. Meaning "token or counterfeit coin" first recorded 1881; meaning "strong drink" first recorded 1756, perhaps from slang fire a slug "take a drink," though it also may be related to Irish slog "swallow." Journalism sense is from 1925, originally a short guideline for copy editors at the head of a story.
- slug (n.3) "a hard blow," 1830, dialectal, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to slaughter or perhaps a secondary form of slay.
- slug (v.) "deliver a hard blow with the fist," 1862, from slug (n.3). Related: Slugged; slugging. Slugging-match is from 1878.
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