(亦作 pug dog)a dog of a dwarf breed like a bulldog with a broad flat nose and deeply wrinkled face 哈巴狗
a small slender moth which rests with its wings stretched out to the sides 尺蠖
Eupithecia and other genera, family Geometridae 波尺蛾属及其他属,尺蛾科
派生 puggish adjective puggy adjective 语源
mid 18th cent. (in sense 1): perhaps of Low German origin. Sense 2 dates from the early 19th cent
pug2 noun
[mass noun]loam or clay mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition without air pockets for making bricks or pottery (制砖或陶器用细细搅拌过的)泥料
(pugged, pugging) [with obj.]
[usu. as adj. pugged]prepare (clay) in this way, typically in a machine with rotating blades (尤指用带旋转叶片的机器)细细搅拌(黏土)
[usu. as noun pugging]pack (a space, typically the space under a floor) with pug, sawdust, or other material in order to deaden sound 用泥料(或锯屑等)填塞(隙处,尤指地板之下)以消音
语源
early 19th cent.: of unknown origin
pug3 noun
(informal)a boxer (非正式)拳击运动员,拳击手
语源
mid 19th cent.: abbreviation of pugilist
pug4 noun
the footprint of an animal (动物的)足迹 [as modifier]I saw the pug marks of the tigress in the soft earth. 我在松软的地里发现那只母老虎的足迹。
(pugged, pugging)
[with obj.]track (an animal) by its footprints (顺着动物足迹)跟踪