| 单词 | gouge |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [gaudʒ] |
| 解释 | n.半圆凿；v.挖出；敲竹杠 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 半圆凿(a chisel)；v. 挖出(to scoop out)；敲竹杠(to cheat out of money) 【考】 usury : interest / gouging : price(放高利贷是收取高利 息/敲竹杠是收取高价 格)hack : carve / gouge : engrave(乱砍不是雕刻/挖凿 不是铭刻) 【记】 不要和gauge(准则， 规范)相混 【例】 doctors gouging on patients (敲病人竹杠的医生) |
| 字源 | gouge (n.) mid-14c., "chisel with a concave blade," from Old French gouge, from Late Latin gubia, alteration of gulbia "hollow beveled chisel," probably from Gaulish (compare Old Irish gulban "prick, prickle," Welsh gylfin "beak"). gouge (v.) 1560s, "to cut with a gouge," from gouge (n.). Meaning "to force out with a gouge" (especially of the eyes, in fighting) attested by 1800. Meaning "swindle" is American English colloquial from 1826 (implied in plural noun gougers). Related: Gouged; gouging. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 半圆凿 = chisel; 欺诈或勒索的大量的金钱; v 敲诈 【区】gauge(n 标准规格v 测量); gorge(n 峡谷v 贪婪地吃) 【类】usury: interest = gouging: price放高利贷是收取高利息 = 敲诈是收取高价格hack: carve = gouge: engrave 乱砍不是雕刻 = 挖凿不是雕刻 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：镐凿，镐之，用铁镐挖之凿之；类似 gauge，也是一种工具，gouge 中有个ou, out 挖出来 【相关】gauge 标准尺, 量表,测量, gorge 咽喉, 胃, 暴食, 山峡, gouge n.圆凿, 以圆凿刨, 挖出，欺骗 |
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