shrug

S2 W2

in Vietnamese Vỗ vai, lắc vai

BrE /ʃrʌɡ/ AmE /ʃrʌɡ/

verb en → vi

past shrugged pp shrugged ing shrugging

1 BODY MOVEMENT [intransitive] A2

Vỗ vai, lắc vai

to move your shoulders up and down to show that you do not know or care about something

  • shrug (your) shoulders

Collocations shrug your shoulders · shrug in response to a question

  • He shrugged and walked away.

    Anh ta lắc vai và đi mất.

2 IGNORE [transitive] B1

Lờ đi, không quan tâm

to ignore or refuse to deal with a problem, question, etc., by moving your shoulders up and down

  • shrug something off

Collocations shrug criticism off · shrug a problem off

  • She shrugged the criticism off and continued with her work.

    Cô ấy lờ đi những lời phê bình và tiếp tục làm việc.