1560s, general term of endearment (also puggy), probably related to puck (n.2); one of the earliest senses is "sprite, imp" (1610s). The sense of "miniature dog" is from 1749 (pug-dog); that of "monkey" is 1660s. The word at various times meant "a bargeman" (1590s), "a harlot" (c. 1600), and "an upper servant in a great house" (1847).
例文
1. Pug spied Harry Hopkins slouching alone in a gray suit by himself.
パグはハリー?ホプキンスが灰色の服を着て一人で元気なく歩いていくのをちらっと見た。
2.That 's why this thing 's hit me like an earthquake, Pug .
地震のように私を衝撃させた理由は、パグ.
3.The party separated into three cars,with Pug driving the British guests.
お客様は3台の車に分乗して、パグはイギリス人のお客様を送る車を運転しています。
4. Pug saw no reason not to relieve Hickman straight off.
パグは、ヒックマンをすぐに引き継ぐ理由がないことに気づいた。
5. Pug saw vast quantities of Lend-Lease material in use.