The word "poach" has several meanings, including the illegal hunting or catching of animals, the act of stealing ideas or customers from another organization, and the gentle cooking of food, particularly eggs or fish, in hot liquid.
Word: poach
Description:
Collins:
1. If someone poaches fish, animals, or birds, they illegally catch them on someone else's property.
2. If an organization poaches members or customers from another organization, they secretly or dishonestly persuade them to join them or become their customers.
3. If someone poaches an idea, they dishonestly or illegally use the idea.
4. When you poach an egg, you cook it gently in boiling water without its shell.
5. If you poach food such as fish, you cook it gently in boiling water, milk, or other liquid.
Oxford:
1. to cook food gently in a small amount of liquid.
2. to cook an egg gently in nearly boiling water after removing its shell.
3. to illegally hunt birds, animals or fish on sb else's property or without permission. Can also mean to take and use sth that belongs to sb else, especially in a secret, dishonest or unfair way.
LDC:
1. to cook an egg in or over gently boiling water, without its shell.
2. to gently cook food, especially fish, in a small amount of boiling water, milk etc.
3. to illegally catch or shoot animals, birds, or fish, especially on private land without permission.
4. to persuade someone who belongs to another organization, team etc to leave it and join yours, especially in a secret or dishonest way.
5. to take and use someone else’s ideas unfairly or illegally.
6. poach on somebody’s territory/preserve: to do something that is someone else’s responsibility, especially when they do not want you to do it.
Summary:
"Poach" has multiple meanings, including illegally hunting or catching animals, stealing ideas or customers from others, and cooking food gently, especially eggs or fish, in liquid.
[VERB 动词]（侵入他人地界）偷猎，偷捕 If someone poaches fish, animals, or birds, they illegally catch them on someone else's property.
[V n]
[Also V]
Many wildlife parks are regularly invaded by people poaching game.
很多野生动物园都时常遭到偷猎之徒的侵入。
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Security cameras have been installed to guard against poachers.
已安装了安全摄像头来监视偷猎者。
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...the poaching of elephants for their tusks.
为获取象牙而偷猎大象
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[VERB 动词]挖（其他机构的成员或顾客） If an organization poaches members or customers from another organization, they secretly or dishonestly persuade them to join them or become their customers.
[V n]
[V n from n]
The company authorised its staff to poach customers from the opposition.
公司指使其职员挖对手的客户。
...allegations that it had poached members from other unions.
它从其他工会挖走了成员的说法
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The union was accused of poaching.
该工会被指挖人墙脚。
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[VERB 动词]窃取，盗用（他人的想法） If someone poaches an idea, they dishonestly or illegally use the idea.
[V n]
The opposition parties complained that the government had poached their ideas.
众反对党抱怨政府盗用它们的想法。
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[VERB 动词]把（鸡蛋）打入沸水中煮 When you poach an egg, you cook it gently in boiling water without its shell.
[V n]
[V-ed]
Poach the eggs for 4 minutes...
把鸡蛋打入开水中煮4分钟
He had a light breakfast of poached eggs and tea.
他早餐就吃了点水煮荷包蛋，喝了点茶。
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[VERB 动词]（在煮沸的水、牛奶或其他液体中）用文火煮，煨（鱼等食品） If you poach food such as fish, you cook it gently in boiling water, milk, or other liquid.
[V n]
[V-ed]
Poach the chicken until just cooked.
用文火把鸡肉煮到刚刚熟。
...a pear poached in red wine...
红酒煨的梨
The main course was to be a whole poached salmon.
主菜将是一整条清炖鲑鱼。
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You will need a pot of broth for poaching.
你需要一锅汤来煮。
Oxford
poach/pəʊtʃ; NAmEpoʊtʃ/verb1[transitive ]poachsth to cook food, especially fish, gently in a small amount of liquid 水煮，炖，煨（尤指鱼）◆poached salmon清炖鲑鱼2[transitive ]poachsth to cook an egg gently in nearly boiling water after removing its shell 水煮（去壳的蛋）3[transitive , intransitive ]poach(sth) to illegally hunt birds, animals or fish on sb else's property or without permission （在他人地界）偷猎，偷捕◆The elephants are poached for their tusks.为获取象牙而偷猎大象。4[transitive , intransitive ]poach(sb/sth) (from sb/sth) to take and use sb/sth that belongs to sb/sth else, especially in a secret, dishonest or unfair way 盗用；挖走（人员等）◆The company poached the contract from their main rivals.这家公司窃取了其主要竞争对手的合同。◆Several of our employees have been poached by a rival firm.我们公司有好几名职员被对手公司给挖走了。◆I hope I'm not poaching on your territory(= doing sth that is actually your responsibility).但愿我没有侵犯你的职权。poachpoachespoachedpoachingpoach/pəʊtʃ; NAmEpoʊtʃ/
LDC
poachpoach /pəʊtʃ $ poʊtʃ/ verb
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1cook [transitive]a)to cook an egg in or over gently boiling water, without its shell: poached eggs on toastb)to gently cook food, especially fish, in a small amount of boiling water, milk etc: Poach the salmon in white wine and water.► see thesaurus at
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2animals [intransitive, transitive] to illegally catch or shoot animals, birds, or fish, especially on private land without permission: Deer have been poached here for years.3people [transitive] to persuade someone who belongs to another organization, team etc to leave it and join yours, especially in a secret or dishonest way: That company’s always poaching our staff.poach from Several of their reporters were poached from other papers.4steal ideas [transitive] to take and use someone else’s ideas unfairly or illegallypoach from characters poached from Shakespeare5poach on somebody’s territory/preserve British English to do something that is someone else’s responsibility, especially when they do not want you to do it—poaching noun [uncountable]: the poaching of elephants for their ivory tusks
WDF
poach
[pəʊtʃ]poached, poaching, poaches
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VERB14532
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Spoken:
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poached[1087] poaching[1135]
挖走(58%)，水煮(35%)，侵占(7%)
vt.水煮；偷猎；窃取；把…踏成泥浆
vi.偷猎；侵犯；剽窃
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