a large cup, typically cylindrical and with a handle and used without a saucer
（圆筒形有柄）大杯。
the contents of such a cup
一大杯的容量
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a large mug of tea vanished in a single gulp .一大杯茶被一饮而尽。
〈非正式〉 脸。
〈英，非正式〉 笨蛋；易受骗的人。
〈美，非正式〉 恶棍，流氓；暴徒。
[with obj.](常作
（在公共场所）对…行凶抢劫
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he was mugged by three men who stole his bike 他遭三名男子袭击，自行车被抢走
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[as noun
mugging ]a brutal mugging .残暴的抢劫。
〈旧〉 打斗；击打（某人）。
[no obj.]make faces, especially silly or exaggerated ones, before an audience or a camera
（在观众、镜头前）扮鬼脸，作怪相
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he mugged for the camera .他在镜头前面扮鬼脸。– PHRAESE
a mug's game informal an activity in which it is foolish to engage because it is likely to be unsuccessful or dangerous 〈非正式〉 不可能成功的傻事；危险的事情:playing with drugs is a mug's game . 玩毒品是很危险的事情。
〈英，非正式〉 （在短时间内尽可能多地）学习（或补习），苦学苦记；攻读
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I'm constantly having to mug up things ahead of teaching them 我经常不得不在上课前攻读要讲授的东西
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we had mugged up on all things Venetian before the start of the course .我们在开课前就攻读过所有与威尼斯文化有关的知识。
"early 16th cent. （originally Scots and northern English, denoting an earthenware bowl）： probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian
