The word "goat" refers to a farm or wild animal with horns and a beard-like chin. It can also be used colloquially to describe an unpleasant or lecherous old man, or in the idiom "get someone's goat" meaning to annoy someone greatly.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]山羊 A goat is a farm animal or a wild animal that is about the size of a sheep. Goats have horns, and hairs on their chin which resemble a beard.
Oxford
goat/ɡəʊt; NAmEɡoʊt/noun1an animal with horns and a coat of hair, that lives wild in mountain areas or is kept on farms for its milk or meat 山羊◆a mountain goat山羊◆goat's milk/cheese羊奶;羊奶酪☞see also
billy goat
,
kid
n. (2 ),
nanny goat
2old ~( informal) an unpleasant old man who is annoying in a sexual way 老色鬼;色狼;好色之徒IDIOMget sb's ˈgoat( informal) to annoy sb very much 使某人恼怒☞more at
sheep
goatgoatsgoat/ɡəʊt; NAmEɡoʊt/
LDC
goatgoat /ɡəʊt $ ɡoʊt/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1goat (1)an animal that has horns on top of its head and long hair under its chin, and can climb steep hills and rocks. Goats live wild in the mountains or are kept as farm animals.2get somebody’s goat spoken informal to make someone extremely annoyed3old goat informal an unpleasant old man, especially one who annoys women in a sexual way4act/play the goat British English informal to behave in a silly way →
billy goat
, nanny goat
WDF
goat
[gəʊt]
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goats[3728]
山羊(91%),色鬼(5%),替罪羊(4%)
n.山羊;替罪羊(美俚);色鬼(美俚)
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