shrug
US: /ˈʃɹəɡ/
UK: /ʃɹˈʌɡ/
UK: /ʃɹˈʌɡ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
shrug /ʃrʌg/
- động từ
- nhún vai
- to shrug off
- nhún vai coi khinh
- to shrug off an insult: nhún vai coi khinh một lời thoá mạ
- giũ sạch
- to shrug off the effects of alcohol: giũ sạch hơi men
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
(-gg-) [no passive] to raise your shoulders and then lower them to show that you do not know or care about sth: [V] Sam shrugged and said nothing. + [VN] 'I don't know,' Anna replied, shrugging her shoulders.
shrug noun [usually sing.]: Andy gave a shrug. 'It doesn't matter.'
Phrasal Verbs: shrug sth off / aside to treat sth as if it is not important
Synonym: DISMISS
Shrugging off her injury, she played on. + He shrugged aside suggestions that he resign.
shrug sb/sth off / away to push sb/sth back or away with your shoulders: Kevin shrugged off his jacket + She shrugged him away angrily.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
little, slight, small | careless, indifferent | nonchalant | dismissive | helpless, hopeless, resigned | tired, weary | apologetic | self-deprecating | expressive | mental
With a mental shrug, he decided to tell the truth.
| Gallic
VERB + SHRUG
give
The boy gave a slight shrug and walked away.
PREP.
in a ~
She lifted her shoulders in a little shrug
| with a ~
‘I don't know,’ she said with a shrug.
| ~ of
a shrug of resignation
PHRASES
a shrug of the shoulders
ADV.
lightly, slightly | carelessly, dismissively, indifferently, negligently, nonchalantly
She shrugged nonchalantly and turned away.
| impatiently, irritably | apologetically | helplessly, ruefully
He shrugged helplessly and said nothing.
| expressively | just, merely, only, simply
He merely shrugged his shoulders in reply.
PHRASAL VERBS shrug sth off
VERB + SHRUG
be able to, can/could, try to
The team have been able to shrug off their recent failures and perform well.
| try to
Concise English dictionary
shrugged|shrugging|shrugsʃrʌg
noun
+a gesture involving the shoulders
verb
+raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
