/ʃrʌg ||; ʃrʌg/verb [I,T] (shrugging;shrugged) to lift your shoulders as a way of showing that you do not know sth or are not interested 耸肩（以示不知道或不感兴趣） [I] ‘Who knows?’ he said and shrugged. 他耸耸肩说：“谁知道！” [T] ‘It doesn't matter to me,’ he said, shrugging his shoulders. 他耸耸肩说：“这与我无关。” ☞picture on page S19 见S19页插图 shrug noun [C] [usu.sing] I asked him if he was sorry and he just answered with a shrug. 我问他是不是感到遗憾，他只是耸一耸肩，算是回答。 shrug sth off to not allow sth to affect you in a bad way 不让某事对自己产生不利影响: An actor has to learn to shrug off criticism. 演员非得学会对批评不屑一顾不行。