jug /ˈʤʌg/
水壺,監牢,模仿夜鶯的叫聲(vt.)放入壺中,燉,關押(vi.)模仿夜鶯叫
Jug n.
1. A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.
2. A pitcher; a ewer. [Eng.]
3. A prison; a jail; a lockup. [Slang]
Jug v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jugged p. pr. & vb. n. Jugging ]
1. To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare.
2. To commit to jail; to imprison. [Slang]
Jug, v. i. Zool.
1. To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
2. To nestle or collect together in a covey; -- said of quails and partridges.
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jug
n 1: a large bottle with a narrow mouth
2: the quantity contained in a jug [syn: jugful]
v 1: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were
imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was
incarcerated for the rest of his life" [syn: imprison,
incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail,
gaol, put away, remand]
2: stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit"
[also: jugging, jugged]