shrug英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge.

— He dismissed my comment with a shrug.
A cropped, cardigan-like garment with short or long sleeves, typically knitted.

动词 v.

To raise (the shoulders) to express uncertainty, lack of concern, (formerly) dread, etc. ambitransitive

— I asked him for an answer and he just shrugged.

词形变化

shrugs plural shrugs present,singular,third-person shrugging participle,present shrugged participle,past shrugged past

词汇关系

衍生词

macaroni shrug shruggy shrugger shruggie

词源

词源 1

From Middle English schruggen, shrukken, probably of North Germanic origin related to Danish skrugge, skrukke (“to stoop; crouch”), Swedish skruga, skrukka (“to huddle; crouch”), all from or related to Old Norse skrykkva, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Compare also Old English scrincan (“to shrink”). More at shrink.

词源 2

From Middle English schruggen, shrukken, probably of North Germanic origin related to Danish skrugge, skrukke (“to stoop; crouch”), Swedish skruga, skrukka (“to huddle; crouch”), all from or related to Old Norse skrykkva, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Compare also Old English scrincan (“to shrink”). More at shrink.