Tra từ slug - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
sea
▪ One group took the same path as the sea slugs did in more recent times and lost their shells altogether.
▪ Much of the current research on biological neural networks involves the study of invertebrate animals, such as sea slugs or starfish.
▪ Honey-glazed roast ducks hang in doorways beside weird sea slugs and dried fish.
▪ The animals include the pink sea fan, lagoon sea slug and silver water beetle.
▪ A form of colourful sea slug.
▪ These nematocysts, however, are not really a part of the sea slug.
▪ Interestingly enough, sea slugs are able to eat sea anemones without discharging their nematocysts.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ King ended up with two 9 mm slugs in his chest.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A sitting tenant who came with the greenhouses ... and is doing his bit to keep down the slugs.
▪ Across the earth between rows shone dry silver trails, sticky to sight, where the slugs had been.
▪ Bing could be one himself if he threw enough slugs down his gullet.
▪ He caught nine slugs and died.
▪ In taking a slug at Mayer, Gilbert had knocked the stuffing out of his own career and, ultimately, his life.
▪ Much of the current research on biological neural networks involves the study of invertebrate animals, such as sea slugs or starfish.
▪ She took another slug of beer and continued rubbing eye shadow from her left eyelid.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Jimmy slugged Paul in the stomach and pushed him to the ground.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ First Winters slugged the playwright, then she burst into tears and embraced him.
▪ I took a walk round there myself about that time, and Vecchi slugged me.
▪ Isaac, horrified, ducked behind the ornamental wall and slugged Saconi in the thigh.
▪ The two men rolled around on the floor slugging each other and yelping and growling.
▪ They decided to go outside and slug it out but Swanson stopped them, saying they would draw too much attention.
▪ They hardly looked ready to slug it out in a Test series, but at least they had a victory under their belts.
▪ They lose a night's sleep slugging it out.

slug

I. slug¹ /slʌɡ/ noun [COUNTABLE]
[date : 1400-1500; Origin : Probably from a Scandinavian language]
1. a small creature with a soft body, that moves very slowly and eats garden plants

2. American English informal a bullet:
　 ▪ Perez still has a slug lodged in his left shoulder.

3. informal a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink
slug of
　 ▪ a slug of brandy

4. American English informal a piece of metal shaped like a coin, used to illegally get a drink, ticket etc from a machine

5. American English someone who gets to work by standing in a particular place until a driver stops and lets them go with them in their car

II. slug² verb (past tense and past participle slugged, present participle slugging) [TRANSITIVE]
[date : 1800-1900; Origin : Probably from slog¹]
1. slug it out
if two people slug it out, they fight or compete until one of them has won

2. informal to hit someone hard with your closed hand SYN punch

3. to hit a ball hard

4. (also slug back) to drink an alcoholic drink, especially by swallowing large amounts at the same time