mug
US: /ˈməɡ/
UK: /mˈʌɡ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
mug /mʌg/- danh từ
- ca; chén vại; ca (đầy), chén (đầy)
- (từ lóng) mồm, miệng; mặt
- what an ugly mug!: cái mồm sao mà xấu thế!
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) ảnh căn cước
- danh từ
- (thông tục) thằng ngốc, thằng khờ; anh chàng cả tin
- học sinh chăm học, học sinh học gạo
- động từ
- (từ lóng) học gạo (để đi thi)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 a tall cup for drinking from, usually with straight sides and a handle, used without a SAUCER: a coffee mug + a beer mug (= a large glass with a handle)
2 a mug and what it contains: a mug of coffee
3 (slang) a person's face: I never want to see his ugly mug again.
4 (informal) a person who is stupid and easy to trick: They made me look a complete mug. + He's no mug.
Idioms: a mug's game (disapproving, especially BrE) an activity that is unlikely to be successful or make a profit
+ verb (-gg-)
1 [VN] to attack sb violently in order to steal their money, especially in a public place: She had been mugged in the street in broad daylight.
2 [V] ~ (for sb/sth) (informal, especially AmE) to make silly expressions with your face or behave in a silly, exaggerated way, especially on the stage or before a camera: to mug for the cameras
Phrasal Verbs: mug sth<->up
mug up on sth (BrE, informal) to learn sth, especially in a short time for a particular purpose, for example an exam: You just need to mug up a few details. + He's frantically mugging up on Japanese before his trip to Tokyo.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 jug, tankard, stein, toby (jug), pot, beaker, cup:
The relief workers passed round mugs of hot coffee to the homeless.
2 face, visage, features, countenance, Slang puss, kisser, mush, Brit clock, dial, Archaic phiz or phizog, US pan:
The ex-boxer has a mug that only a mother could love.
3 fool, duffer, simpleton, dupe, gull, innocent, Colloq chump, mark, soft or easy touch, Brit muggins, Slang sucker:
The mug thought he had found a full wallet.
v.
4 make a face or faces, grimace:
Here are some pictures of the twins mugging for the camera.
5 attack, set upon, rob, assault; garrotte, throttle:
Anyone who walks through the park at night risks getting mugged.
6 mug up (on). study, Formal lucubrate, Colloq cram, burn the midnight oil, get up (on), Brit swot, bone up (on):
I have to mug up on my Latin for tomorrow's examination.
Collocation
ADJ.
large | empty | chipped, cracked | hot, steaming
a hot mug of tea
| beer, coffee | pint | commemorative, souvenir | shaving | china, plastic, etc.
VERB + MUG
fill, pour (out)
She filled her mug with orange juice. He poured a mug of tea.
| pour (sb) out
Craig got up and poured himself a mug of soup.
| pour sth into
She poured hot water into the mug.
| drink (sth from)
He drank a mug of coffee and left. We drank champagne from tin mugs.
PHRASES
a mug of beer/coffee/tea, the rim of a mug
He ran his finger around the rim of the mug.
Concise dictionary
mugged|mugging|mugsmʌgnoun
+the quantity that can be held in a mug
+a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
+the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
+with handle and usually cylindrical
verb
+rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence
