| 英语单词 | gouge |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ɡaʊdʒ] 美 [ɡaʊdʒ] |
| 中文释义 | v.用圆凿子挖;挖出;<非>欺骗 n.圆凿;凿;凿孔;<非>欺诈 |
| 英语例句 | (1) A maniac had gouged several holes in the priceless painting. (2) To make a Halloween lantern, you first have to gouge out the inside of the pumpkin. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 有个狂徒在那幅价值连城的画上乱凿了几个洞。 (2) 要做一个万圣节灯笼, 你先得挖空这个南瓜。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Gouge means stealing by overcharging. If your local gas station puts the price of gas way up because a storm is coming, you may say that the station owner gouges prices — and that's illegal. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The verb gouge means to cut or carve. You can use special chisels to gouge linoleum for interesting design in printing. As a noun, a gouge is the tool you would use — instead of a flat-head chisel, a gouge has a trough — to make the gouge marks of the design. Another meaning of the verb gouge is an indentation in the surface of something. If you're not careful with the screwdriver, you'll accidentally gouge a hole in the wall. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]凿;挖 If you gouge something, you make a hole or a long cut in it, usually with a pointed object. [V n prep]
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]凿子 A gouge is a tool which is used for cutting and shaping wood. 3 [VERB 动词]诈骗…的钱财;敲…的竹杠;向…漫天要价 If you say that a business gouges its customers, you mean that it forces them to pay an unfairly high price for its goods or services. [V n] [disapproval] [mainly AM 主美] [INFORMAL 非正式]
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