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Goose Geese Person ɡuːs ɡiːs Bird Sauce Informal

The word "goose" can refer to the bird itself (noun, countable), its meat (noun, uncountable), or be used in phrases like "cook someone's goose" (to spoil plans), "kill the goose that lays the golden egg" (destroy a source of profit), and "what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander" (what's fair for one is fair for another). As a verb, it means to touch or squeeze someone's bottom, or informally, to make something move or work faster.

goose 可数名词:鹅,一种有长脖子和蹼足的大型鸟类,常被饲养以获取肉。 不可数名词:鹅肉,煮熟的鹅的肉。 短语:cook someone's goose - 阻挠某人的计划;kill the goose that lays the golden egg - 杀鸡取卵,自绝财源;what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander - 适用于一个人的情况也应适用于另一个人(应该一视同仁)。 动词:触摸或捏某人的臀部;(非正式用法)推动或加快某事的发展。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词] A goose is a large bird that has a long neck and webbed feet. Geese are often farmed for their meat.
    2
    [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]鹅肉 Goose is the meat from a goose that has been cooked.
    • ...roast goose.

      烤鹅

    3
    See also:
    wild goose chase
      4
      [PHRASE 短语]阻挠;破坏…的计划 If you cook someone's goose, you prevent their plans from succeeding.
        [V inflects]
      • He said that what they were up to would cook Krasky's goose.

        他说他们暗中进行的阴谋可能会使克拉斯基的计划流产。

      5
      [PHRASE 短语]杀鸡取卵;自绝财源 If someone kills the goose that lays the golden egg, they harm or destroy the person or thing that gives them their money, power, or advantage.
        [Vs inflect]
      • Unregulated tourism can kill the goose that laid their golden egg.

        旅游业的无序发展无异于杀鸡取卵。

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      [PHRASE 短语]适于此者适于彼;应该一视同仁 If you say what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, you mean what is acceptable for one person in a particular situation should be acceptable for another person in a similar situation.

        Oxford goose / ɡuːs ; NAmE ɡuːs /
        noun
        ,
        verb
        goose gooses goosed goosing
        noun ( plural geese / ɡiːs ; NAmE ɡiːs / ) 1 [countable ] a bird like a large duckwith a long neck. Geeseeither live wild or are kept on farms. 2 [uncountable ] meat from a goose 鹅肉 roast goose 烤鹅 3 [countable ] a female goose 雌鹅 compare
        gander
        4 [countable ] ( old-fashioned, informal) a silly person 傻瓜;笨蛋 see also
        wild goose chase
        IDIOMsee
        cook
        v.
        ,
        kill
        v.
        ,
        sauce
        ,
        say
        v.
        verb ( informal) 1 goosesb to touch or squeeze sb's bottom 触摸(或捏)某人的臀部 2 goosesth (along/up) ( NAmE) to make sth move or work faster 推动;促进;激励 goose / ɡuːs ; NAmE ɡuːs / geese / ɡiːs ; NAmE ɡiːs /
        LDC
        goose1 noun
        goose2 verb
        goosegoose1 /ɡuːs/ ●●○ noun (plural geese /ɡiːs/)
        Word Origin
        Examples
        word sets
        Collocations
        Phrases
        1goose (1) a)[countable] a bird that is like a duck but is larger and makes loud noises b)[countable] a female goosegander2[uncountable] the cooked meat of this bird3[singular] old-fashioned informal a silly person
        wild goose chase
        , → wouldn’t say boo to a goose
        at boo2(3)
        , → kill the goose that lays the golden egg
        at kill1(14)
        , → what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
        at sauce(3)
        goose1 noun
        goose2 verb
        goosegoose2 verb [transitive]
        Verb Table
        Examples
        Phrases
        American English informal to touch or press someone on their bottom as a joke
        WDF

        goose

        [gu:s]goosed, goosing, gooses

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        geese[2022]
        鹅(85%),鹅肉(7%),雌鹅(5%),笨蛋(2%),长柄熨斗(1%)
        n.鹅;鹅肉;傻瓜;雌鹅
        vt.突然加大油门;嘘骂
        n.(Goose)人名;(德)戈泽;(英)古斯

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