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hugging

/huhg/US // hʌg //UK // (hʌɡ) //

拥抱,搂抱,抱抱,搂抱着

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    hugged, hug·ging.

    • : to clasp tightly in the arms, especially with affection; embrace.
    • : to cling firmly or fondly to; cherish: to hug an opinion.
    • : to keep close to, as in sailing, walking, or in moving along or alongside of: to hug the shore; to hug the road.
v.无主动词 verb
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    hugged, hug·ging.

    • : to cling together; lie close.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a tight clasp with the arms; embrace.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbhold close, cling to

Examples

  • A nurse collapsed on the floor of the bar, a number of strangers begged for a hug, a man confessed to domestic violence, another explained why he hated his kids.

  • Mallott gave her an awkward hug and she walked out the door.

  • On several occasions, this person initiated a friendly hug when I came to her work place, and I reflexively gave her a peck on top of her head.

  • Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, the Milwaukee, Wisconsin resident says she’s stayed away from most people, resorting to “air hugs” when she’s seen her 20-year-old niece at a distance.

  • The 32-year-old digital strategist said given that she’s not a touchy-feely person, she doesn’t really miss hugs or handshakes.

  • With help, he got to his feet, and when she hugged him he lifted his arms slightly as if to return the hug.

  • "Kate sought me out and gave me a hug just before she left," said Mrs Smith afterwards to a reporter at the Daily Mail.

  • And Fred stuck in the card for me that said, “Live from New York…” and gave me a hug.

  • Charlie Crist got thrown out of the party for one hug, after all.

  • He would pull her toward him, hug her, kiss her, and stroke her hair.

  • There is a man who says he has been at evening parties out West, where the boys and girls hug so hard that their sides cave in.

  • He was a stubborn idealist, and having found something at last to admire he purposed to hug it.

  • "Oh," cried Betty, hugging Amy ecstatically, simply because she happened to be the nearest one to hug.

  • Rushing into the cabin, the girl gave him a hug that caused Jim to nearly drop the coffee pot.

  • He quotes me as having then said, that we ought not to hug these lands as a very great treasure.