mug
/mʌɡ/ (bre, ipa) · /mʌɡ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈməg/ (ame, mw)
mug — 名詞
- mugsingular
- mugsplural
1. a thick-walled container for drinking, usually made of ceramic or glass, with a
馬克杯；一杯
有把手的大飲用容器；其容量
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.
Min 將熱咖啡倒進她最喜歡的陶瓷馬克杯，然後坐下閱讀。
collocation: favourite ceramic mug
On cold mornings, a mug of hot chocolate is a lovely way to warm up.
在寒冷的早晨，一杯熱巧克力是取暖的絕佳方式。
pattern: a mug of + drink
Hari drinks two full mugs of green tea before heading to work every day.
Hari 每天上班前會喝兩大杯綠茶。
The mug that Élise uses every morning was a gift from her aunt in Paris.
Élise 每天早上用的那個馬克杯，是她巴黎的阿姨送的禮物。
For this cake, you need one mug of flour and half a mug of sugar.
做這個蛋糕，你需要一杯麵粉和半杯糖。
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
傻瓜；笨蛋
容易被騙或上當的人
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.
那個路邊攤販把 Baraka 當作冤大頭，賣給他一隻壞掉的手錶。
idiom: take someone for a mug
Only a complete mug would hand over their phone to a total stranger.
只有超級傻瓜才會把自己的手機交給一個完全不認識的人。
Tourists who trust everyone they meet sometimes get treated like mugs by local swindlers.
相信每個人的觀光客，有時會遭到當地騙子當成肥羊來對待。
Meera felt like a mug after paying triple the usual price for a taxi ride.
Meera 發現自己付了平常三倍的計程車費後，覺得自己是個不折不扣的冤大頭。
- 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
臉；面孔
人的臉（非正式用語）
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.
警方仔細檢視了監視器畫面上 Eri 的臉。
mug shot — police context
Romi wiped the mud off her mug with her shirtsleeve and kept running.
Romi 用衬衫袖子把臉上的泥巴擦掉，繼續跑。
You should have seen his angry mug when he learned he had lost the bet.
你真該看看他發現自己賭輸時那張氣沖沖的臉。
Nobody wanted to see his grumpy mug first thing on a Monday morning.
星期一早上沒有人想看到他那一張臭臉。
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 — 動詞
- 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
搶劫
在公共場所攻擊並搶奪財物
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.
一群人試圖在午夜過後的地鐵站附近搶劫 Tuan。
The elderly woman was mugged on her way home from the grocery store last night.
那位老太太昨晚在從超市回家途中遭到搶劫。
passive: be mugged + location
Jenna read a news story about teenagers who had mugged several pedestrians in the park.
Jenna 讀了一則新聞，提到有青少年在公園裡搶了好幾名路人。
Police warned residents not to walk alone after dark after two people got mugged nearby.
警方警告居民天黑後不要單獨行走，因為附近有兩人遭搶。
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.