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ldoce_176_cjug /dʒʌɡ/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1  British EnglishDFU a container with a wide curved opening at the top and a handle, used especially at meals for pouring liquids 〔有柄带嘴的〕壶，罐 SYN American English pitcher a milk jug 牛奶罐 →5  See picture of jug BrE【英】/picher AmE【美】罐, decanter 酒瓶, carafe 喇叭口玻璃瓶 →4  See picture of 见图 jug2. American English a deep round container with a very narrow opening at the top and a handle, used for holding liquids 〔细口带柄的〕大壶，大罐 SYN British English pitcher3  (also jugful /ˈdʒʌɡfʊl/)TM the amount of liquid that a jug will hold 一壶之量，一罐之量jug of a jug of water 一壶水4. jugs [plural] not polite a woman’s breasts 〔女性的〕(一对)乳房

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jug• a two-gallon jug of wineOrigin jug (1400-1500) Perhaps from the female name Jug, given to ugly women, from Joan

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container with wide a a at curved opening the Corpus

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jug /dʒʌɡ/ noun [countable]
1. British English a container with a wide curved opening at the top and a handle, used especially at meals for pouring liquids
   SYN  pitcher American English:
    a milk jug
2. American English a deep round container with a very narrow opening at the top and a handle, used for holding liquids
   SYN  pitcher British English
3. (also jugful /ˈdʒʌɡfʊl/) the amount of liquid that a jug will hold
    jug of
    a jug of water
4. jugs [plural] not polite a woman’s breasts

jugBrE /dʒʌɡ/ 🔊NAmE /dʒʌɡ/ 🔊 noun

(BrE) (NAmE pitch·er) a container with a handle and a lip, for holding and pouring liquids （有把有嘴的）壶，罐◆a milk/water jug奶杯；水罐(NAmE) (BrE pitch·er) a large round container with a small opening and a handle, for holding liquids （细口带把的）大罐◆a five-gallon jug of beer五加仑装的啤酒罐the amount of liquid contained in a jug 一壶，一罐（的量）◆She spilled a jug of water. 她把一罐子水弄洒了。🔊🔊jugs [plural] (taboo, slang) an offensive word for a woman's breasts （含冒犯意）奶子