mug
/mʌɡ/ (bre, ipa) · /mʌɡ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈməg/ (ame, mw)
mug — noun
- mugsingular
- mugsplural
1. a thick-walled container for drinking, usually made of ceramic or glass, with a
a thick-walled container for drinking, usually made of ceramic or glass, with a handle on one side, designed for hot beverages like coffee, tea, or hot chocolate; the word also refers to what is inside one, or the amount it can hold
Min poured hot coffee into her favourite ceramic mug and sat down to read.
collocation: favourite ceramic mug
On cold mornings, a mug of hot chocolate is a lovely way to warm up.
pattern: a mug of + drink
Hari drinks two full mugs of green tea before heading to work every day.
The mug that Élise uses every morning was a gift from her aunt in Paris.
For this cake, you need one mug of flour and half a mug of sugar.
文法句型
a mug of + noun
常見錯誤
2. someone who is easy to cheat or trick because they are too trusting
someone who is easy to cheat or trick because they are too trusting
The street vendor took Baraka for a mug and sold him a broken watch.
idiom: take someone for a mug
Only a complete mug would hand over their phone to a total stranger.
Tourists who trust everyone they meet sometimes get treated like mugs by local swindlers.
Meera felt like a mug after paying triple the usual price for a taxi ride.
- fool
more common and neutral; can describe someone who is not necessarily easy to trick
- sucker
US informal; strongly implies being cheated out of money
- pushover
focuses on being easily persuaded rather than tricked
- gullible person
more formal and descriptive; not idiomatic
文法句型
be a mug
feel a (right) mug
take someone for a mug
用法筆記
Common in British English self-critical expressions: 'I felt a right mug' or 'Don't be such a mug.' The phrase 'a mug's game' (an activity unlikely to succeed) is a related idiom.
常見錯誤
3. a person's face — used informally, especially in British English, often in humor
a person's face — used informally, especially in British English, often in humorous or dismissive phrases
The police officer studied Eri's mug on the security camera footage.
mug shot — police context
Romi wiped the mud off her mug with her shirtsleeve and kept running.
You should have seen his angry mug when he learned he had lost the bet.
Nobody wanted to see his grumpy mug first thing on a Monday morning.
文法句型
possessive + mug
用法筆記
Always informal. Common in British English in phrases like 'that ugly mug of yours' or 'keep your mug out of this.' Much less common in American English, where 'face' is used instead.
常見錯誤
mug — verb
- mugpresent simple I / you / we / they
- mugs3rd person singular
- mugging-ing form
- muggedpast simple
1. to assault someone in a street or park in order to steal their money or other be
to assault someone in a street or park in order to steal their money or other belongings
A group of strangers tried to mug Tuan near the subway station after midnight.
The elderly woman was mugged on her way home from the grocery store last night.
passive: be mugged + location
Jenna read a news story about teenagers who had mugged several pedestrians in the park.
Police warned residents not to walk alone after dark after two people got mugged nearby.
文法句型
mug someone
be mugged (by someone)
get mugged
用法筆記
The subject is always a person (or group of people). The object is always a person. 'Mug' implies both violence (or threat of violence) and theft — it is not a synonym for 'steal' or 'pickpocket'. Common in passive constructions, especially in news reports.