英语单词 | hog |
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英美音标 | 英 [hɒɡ] 美 [hɔːɡ] |
中文释义 | n.猪;贪婪者;像猪般的人 v.<俚>贪心攫取;独占 |
英语例句 | (1) He keeps a hog, which is to be killed tomorrow. (2) He is regarded as a hog. (3) At the table he acted like a hog and ate most all of the meat. (4) Drivers who hog the road leave no room for other cars. |
中文例句 | (1) 他家养了一头阉猪,明天要宰杀了。 (2) 大家都认为他是个贪婪的人。 (3) 在饭桌上他象猪一样吃掉了大部分的肉。 (4) 那些占着路面的驾驶员一点余地都不留给其他车辆。 |
vocabulary简明 | A hog is a pig that's kept on a farm. You can also use the word as a verb, like when you act like a greedy hog. Try not to hog the pie, and stick to your allotted portion. |
vocabulary扩展 | Though the primary definition of a hog is "domesticated pig," it sometimes refers to wild swine, including feral pigs and warthogs. Hogs are fairly intelligent and social animals, and some of their tendencies are dog-like, including wagging their tails to express pleasure. If your brother shoves cake in his mouth, you might call him a hog, or say, "Hey, don't hog the cake!" Hog originally referred to a one year old pig, but also a horse or sheep of a similar age. "Huckleberry Finn" contains the first known use of hog as a verb meaning "consume greedily." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]猪(英国英语中常指阉公猪,而美国英语中泛指猪) A hog is a pig. In British English, hog usually refers to a large male pig that has been castrated, but in American English it can refer to any kind of pig.
2 [VERB 动词](贪心地)攫取,独占 If you hog something, you take all of it in a greedy or impolite way. [V n] [INFORMAL 非正式]
3 See also:road hog ; 4 [PHRASE 短语]彻底地干;一不做二不休 If you go the whole hog, you do something bold or extravagant in the most complete way possible. [V inflects] [INFORMAL 非正式]
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