lug

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++lug1 /lʌɡ/ verb (lugged, lugging) [transitive] informal  CARRYPULLto pull or carry something heavy with difficulty 吃力地拖[拉，提]〔重物〕lug something around It’s a huge book, not something you’d like to lug around. 这是一本厚重的书，不是你想搬来搬去的东西。lug something up/into/onto etc something She began to lug her suitcase up the stairs. 她开始把她的行李箱拖上楼。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

lug• Some parks have fireplaces that make a grilled meal possible without lugging a hibachi along.• And to save lugging a vacuum cleaner upstairs, the flat has an outlet for the Univac Central Vacuum System.• Sell they did, so much so that Holzman eventually was able to give up lugging everything down to the market.• In order to avoid a major rebellion, Father eventually gave in and lugged my piece of wood all the way to Berwickshire.• We lugged our suitcases up the hotel steps.• Then I lug the carboy back up the hill and set it down next to the cast-iron sink.• I've got enough to carry without lugging your bags as well.lug2 noun [countable]  1. HOLDSTICK OUT[usually plural] a part of something that sticks out and can be used as a handle or a support 〔用作柄、支撑物等的〕耳状物2. British English humorousHBH an ear 耳朵 SYN lughole3  American EnglishSTUPID/NOT SENSIBLE a rough, stupid, or awkward person 粗人；笨蛋；笨手笨脚的人 You big lug! 你这个大笨蛋！

Examples from the Corpus

lug• Langley Point and White Horses producing a few whiting and dabs to black lug.• Note the solder tag at one of the T1 fixing lugs.• A good ground is easy to find; hoisting lugs on the engine or the alternator mounting brackets make good grounds.• Beadness Sker produced cod into double-figures on lug and frozen crab.• On occasion they rested on lugs left intact by the workman when stripping off the branches.• That is the laird's lug!Origin lug1 (1400-1500) Probably from a Scandinavian language lug2 (1900-2000) Probably from lunk; LUNKHEAD

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lug¹ /lʌɡ/ verb (past tense and past participle lugged, present participle lugging) [transitive] informalto pull or carry something heavy with difficulty
    lug something around
    It’s a huge book, not something you’d like to lug around. /lug something up/into/onto etc something
    She began to lug her suitcase up the stairs.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ carry to have something or someone in your hands or arms when you go somewhere: She was carrying a heavy suitcase. | Mary fainted, and had to be carried inside.
   ▪ tote especially American English informal to carry something such as a bag or a gun: He came out of the office toting a black leather briefcase. | Guards toting machine guns stood inside the airport.
   ▪ lug to carry something heavy, with difficulty: They lugged the mail in heavy canvas bags into the building.
   ▪ cart to carry something large and heavy somewhere, especially when this is annoying or hard work: We carted all the furniture upstairs.
   ▪ schlep American English informal to carry something heavy: Marty schlepped the suitcases upstairs.
   ▪ bear formal to carry something – used when talking about what someone has with them when they go somewhere. Bear is commonly used as a participle bearing: They arrived bearing gifts. | Anna returned, bearing a large red packet.

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lug² noun [countable]1. [usually plural] a part of something that sticks out and can be used as a handle or a support
2. British English humorous an ear
   SYN  lughole
3. American English a rough, stupid, or awkward person:
    You big lug!