luggage

名词 n.
/ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/    /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings. uncountable,usually
    — August 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey.
  2. The contents of such containers. uncountable,usually
  3. A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings. countable,nonstandard,obsolete,usually
    — I assisted some time ago in cutting up a tree, that made tolerably good turns or luggage for nineteen or twenty persons, which could be procured for about two dollars at the stump.

词形变化

luggages plural

词源

1590s, lug (“to drag”) + -age, literally “that which is lugged, dragged around”. Duplicate -g- is to clarify pronunciation of the vowel ‘u’ (which is pronounced unchanged from lug). Compare baggage.
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