noun🔗Share蛞蝓，鼻涕虫 Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.""The gardener was annoyed to find slugs eating the leaves of his lettuce plants." "园丁很恼火地发现蛞蝓在吃他生菜的叶子。animalbiologynatureorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share懒汉， 慢吞吞的人 A slow, lazy person; a sluggard."My brother is such a slugs; he never helps with the chores around the house. "我 弟弟 真 是 个 懒汉，家里 的 活 儿 一点儿 都 不 帮着 做。personcharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share弹丸，子弹. A bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug."The hunter loaded his shotgun with slugs for deer season. "猎人装填了鹿弹，准备迎接猎鹿季节。weaponmilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share金属块，粗金属。 A solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal."The plumber used several lead slugs to balance the old pipes. "水管工用了几个铅块来平衡旧管道。materialthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share假币, 伪币 A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines."Someone used slugs in the vending machine at work, so it's not giving out any snacks. "有人在公司自动售货机里用了假币，所以现在什么零食都出不来了。economyfinanceitemmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share小口， 一饮而尽。 A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic."After a long day at work, he poured himself two slugs of whiskey to relax. "漫长的一天工作后，他给自己倒了两小口威士忌，想放松一下。drinkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share小标题，标题，引题 A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use."The editor asked the intern to double-check the article's slugs before sending it to the printer, ensuring each headline accurately reflected the story's topic. "编辑让实习生在送去印刷前仔细检查文章的小标题，确保每个标题都准确反映了文章的主题。mediawritingtitlecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share斯勒格，英制质量单位 (rarely used) the Imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.""Calculating the inertia of large industrial machinery sometimes requires engineers to express mass in slugs, although kilograms are more commonly used." "虽然千克更常用，但在计算大型工业机械的惯性时，工程师有时需要用斯勒格（一种英制质量单位）来表示质量。massunitphysicstechnicalscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share团，块。 A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material."The plumber pulled several slugs of hair and soap from the clogged drain. "水管工从堵塞的排水管里拉出了好几团头发和肥皂。materialmassChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share假原生质团，黏菌团。 A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together."After the rain, scientists observed several slugs of amoebae moving across the forest floor, each a mass of individual cells acting as one. "雨后，科学家们观察到好几个由变形虫聚集形成的黏菌团在森林地面上移动，每一个都像是由许多独立细胞组成的一个整体。organismbiologyanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share蜗牛车，无动力机车。 An accessory to a diesel-electric locomotive, used to increase adhesive weight and allow full power to be applied at a lower speed. It has trucks with traction motors but lacks a prime mover."Because the steep grades made it hard to pull heavy loads, the railroad added slugs to their locomotives to provide more traction at slower speeds. "由于陡峭的坡度使得重载列车难以牵引，铁路公司给他们的机车增加了蜗牛车（无动力机车），以便在较低速度下提供更大的牵引力。vehiclemachinetechnicalindustryenergyelectricChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share黑场，黑屏。 (television editing) A black screen."The film editor used slugs to create pauses between scenes. "电影剪辑师使用黑场来创建场景之间的停顿。mediatechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share铅字条，错误标记 A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug."The printer used slugs to fill the extra space at the end of each line in the newspaper column. "印刷工人在报纸专栏的每行末尾使用铅字条来填充多余的空白。typewritingmediatechnologymachinewordtechnicaljobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share顺风车客, 拼车人。 A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes."During rush hour, people waiting near the highway entrance offered rides so they could find slugs to fill their cars and use the HOV lane. "在高峰时段，有人在高速入口附近提供搭车服务，这样他们就能找到顺风车客/拼车人来填满他们的车，从而可以使用高乘载车辆专用道。vehicletrafficjobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share顺风车客，拼车族。 (District of Columbia) A hitchhiking commuter."Every morning near the Pentagon, a line of slugs waits for drivers to pick them up to use the HOV lane. "每天早上在五角大楼附近，都有一排顺风车客/拼车族等着司机搭载，以便使用高乘载车道。trafficpersonjobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share别名，尾缀. The last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.""Instead of a long number, the website used 'chocolate-cake' as the slug for the URL of the chocolate cake recipe." "网站没有使用一长串数字，而是用'chocolate-cake'作为巧克力蛋糕食谱网址的尾缀。internetcomputingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share累赘，障碍。 A hindrance, an obstruction."Poor internet connection speeds can be real slugs when trying to watch a movie online. "网速慢的时候，在线看电影会变得很卡，简直是累赘。negativesituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share蜗牛船，行动迟缓的船只 A ship that sails slowly."The slugs in our container ship fleet cause delays because they take so long to cross the ocean. "我们集装箱船队里的那些蜗牛船总是导致延误，因为它们横跨海洋要花费太长时间。nauticalsailingvehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share牛饮, 痛饮 To drink quickly; to gulp; to down."After the long race, the thirsty runner slugged down a bottle of water. "跑完漫长的比赛后，口渴的赛跑运动员牛饮了一瓶水。drinkactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share搭便车，顺风车。 To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking."Because the bus was late, I decided to slug to work and quickly found three other people heading downtown who needed a passenger to use the carpool lane. "因为公交车晚点了，我决定顺便搭个车去上班，很快就找到了三个也要去市中心的人，他们正好需要一个乘客才能走拼车道。vehiclecommunicationtrafficsocietyeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share变形，变粗。 (of a bullet) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel."The bullet slugs as it traveled through the barrel of the rifle. "子弹在步枪枪膛中穿行时，会发生形变，直径变粗。weapontechnicalmilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share慢吞吞地移动，无所事事。 To move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle."After a big lunch, the students usually slug through the afternoon classes. "午饭后，学生们通常在下午的课上慢吞吞地熬时间。actionwayChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share装弹，填弹. To load with a slug or slugs."to slug a gun"给枪装填弹丸technicalactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share使迟缓，使行动缓慢。 To make sluggish."The heavy lunch really slugged me, and I had trouble staying awake during the afternoon meeting. "那顿丰盛的午餐真让我感到迟缓，下午的会议上我很难保持清醒。physiologyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share重拳, 猛击。 A hard blow, usually with the fist."The boxer delivered two powerful slugs to his opponent's jaw. "拳击手朝对手的下巴狠狠地来了两记重拳。actionbodysportwarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share猛击，重击 To hit very hard, usually with the fist."He insulted my mother, so I slugged him."他侮辱了我妈，所以我狠狠地揍了他一拳。actionsportwarbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
