shrug
/ʃrʌɡ/ (bre, ipa) · /ʃrʌɡ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈshrəg especially Southern ˈsrəg/ (ame, mw)
shrug — 動詞
- shrugpresent simple I / you / we / they
- shrugshe / she / it
- shruggedpast simple
- shrugging-ing form
1. to briefly lift the shoulders and let them fall, signalling that you have no ans
聳肩
聳起肩膀表示不知道或不感興趣
to briefly lift the shoulders and let them fall, signalling that you have no answer, feel indifferent, or accept something you cannot change.
When the boss asked who had sent the email, the secretary shrugged and walked away.
老闆問是誰寄了那封電子郵件時，秘書只是聳了聳肩就走開了。
intransitive: just shrugged
Lucía shrugged her shoulders and said she had no idea where the files were.
Lucía 聳了聳肩，說她完全不知道檔案在哪裡。
transitive: shrug one's shoulders
Eric tried to shrug off his teammate's harsh words, but they still upset him.
Eric 想把隊友刺耳的話當作耳邊風，但那些話還是讓他很難過。
Kofi simply shrugged when the waiter brought the wrong dish.
Kofi 只是聳了聳肩，當服務生送錯菜的時候。
- hunch
more about forward rounding of the shoulders, not necessarily expressing uncertainty
文法句型
shrug (one's shoulders)
shrug + adverb/preposition
用法筆記
Frequently used without an object. When transitive, the object is almost always 'shoulders' (plural). The phrasal verb 'shrug off' is common and means to dismiss or ignore something unpleasant.
常見錯誤
shrug — 名詞
- shrugsingular
- shrugsplural
1. an act of quickly lifting and dropping your shoulders, which shows that you do n
聳肩動作
抬起又放下的肩膀表達
an act of quickly lifting and dropping your shoulders, which shows that you do not know or care about something, or that you accept a situation you cannot change.
Benjamin's only reply was a shrug — he clearly did not care about the new rules.
Benjamin 唯一的回應就是聳了聳肩——他顯然不在乎那些新規定。
countable: a shrug
With a brief shrug, Walid accepted the bad news and walked out.
Walid 微微聳了一下肩，接受了這個壞消息便走了出去。
with a shrug of one's shoulders
The interviewer noticed Dahlia's tiny shrug when the salary was mentioned.
面試官注意到 Dahlia 在聽到薪資時微微聳了一下肩。
Tuan gave a quick shrug and returned to his book when the phone rang.
Tuan 迅速地聳了一下肩，然後在電話響時繼續看他的書。
文法句型
a shrug
with a shrug
用法筆記
Usually singular. Commonly appears in the phrase 'with a shrug' to describe the manner in which someone reacts to something.
2. a short piece of women's clothing that covers only the shoulders and the top of
短版外套
僅蓋住肩膀的短小女用上衣
a short piece of women's clothing that covers only the shoulders and the top of the arms, worn over a dress or blouse as a light layer.
Caio's mother wore a cream-coloured shrug over her summer dress to the evening party.
Caio 的母親在夏季洋裝外面披了一件米白色的短版外套去參加晚宴。
clothing: wore a shrug over [garment]
Adina bought a black knitted shrug to wear with her sleeveless gown at the gala.
Adina 買了一件黑色針織短版外套，搭配她的無袖禮服參加盛會。
The shop near the station sells silk shrugs in bright colours for the spring collection.
車站附近的那家店舖出售顏色鮮豔的絲質短版外套，適合春季系列。
Élise borrowed her sister's grey shrug to wear to the job interview.
Élise 借了姊姊的灰色短版外套去參加工作面試。
文法句型
a shrug
a [material] shrug
wear a shrug