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shrug

/shruhg/US // ʃrʌg //UK // (ʃrʌɡ) //

耸耸肩,耸肩,耸动,耸立

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    shrugged, shrug·ging.

    • : to raise and contract, expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    shrugged, shrug·ging.

    • : to raise and contract the shoulders.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the movement of raising and contracting the shoulders.
    • : a short sweater or jacket that ends above or at the waistline.
  1. 1
    • : shrug off, to disregard; minimize: to shrug off an insult.to rid oneself of: to shrug off the effects of a drug.

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Examples

  • He said he got so fed up with the subcontractor’s shrugs and evasions that he started taking jobs elsewhere.

  • When Thornburg pressed her for details about what exactly she had written into the form, she got a shrug emoji in response.

  • The Labor Department, faced with Arise’s refusal, responded with what amounted to a shoulder shrug.

  • He looked up and waved and gave a shrug of his shoulders, like “I don’t know.”

  • “It’s better for all of them not to talk to me,” the activist said with a shrug, but a tear could be seen welling up on the screen.

  • “The girls I used to race with would just pull their pants around their ankles and hang off the back,” Ralphie says with I shrug.

  • Mason ambles through life, free to enjoy the little moments and shrug off the big ones, just like his father did before him.

  • Around my own friends, someone will wind up a conversation with a shrug and a baffling—to me—utterance of “Haters gonna hate.”

  • Of course this gets at the heart of why some attacks on black Republicans inspire a shrug.

  • Yet, relative to the massive amount of attention, shock, and criticism, I can only muster a shrug and a plea to chill out.

  • Then he spat upon the ground, and with an exaggerated shrug of his shoulders re-entered the house.

  • He claps on his bowler-hat, gives another amazed look round, says with a shrug, "Unusual!"

  • "We shall see," replied Sir Hugh, with a shrug of his shoulders, as the other strode out of his room.

  • Go to your Mr. Bidlake, see him shrug his shoulders and laugh, and then watch while your cousin—your cousin!

  • "I haven't changed my ideas one bit," she said, with a shrug, as Gwynne rose and came towards her.