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。
[N-COUNT 可数名词]鹅 A goose is a large bird that has a long neck and webbed feet. Geese are often farmed for their meat.
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]鹅肉Goose is the meat from a goose that has been cooked.
...roast goose.
烤鹅
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See also:
wild goose chase
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[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。
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[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; NAmEɡuːs/
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verb
goosegoosesgoosedgoosingnoun(pluralgeese/ɡiːs; NAmEɡiːs/)1[countable ]a bird like a large duckwith a long neck. Geeseeither live wild or are kept on farms. 鹅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) 1goosesb to touch or squeeze sb's bottom 触摸(或捏)某人的臀部2goosesth (along/up) ( NAmE) to make sth move or work faster 推动;促进;激励goose/ɡuːs; NAmEɡuːs/geese/ɡiːs; NAmEɡiːs/
LDC
goose1 noun
goose2 verb
goosegoose1 /ɡuːs/ ●●○ noun (plural geese /ɡiːs/)
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1goose (1)a)[countable] a bird that is like a duck but is larger and makes loud noisesb)[countable] a female goose → gander2[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]
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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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n5592
4693
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1060
249
NOUN8193
78829
VERB54182
592
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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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