| 单词 | poach |
| 释义 | poachWord family nounpoacherpoachinesspoachingverbpoachadjectivepoachy Cooking, Crime poach /pəʊtʃ $ poʊtʃ/ verb 1 cook 烹调 [transitiveT] a) DFCto cook an egg in or over gently boiling water, without its shell 用沸水煮〔荷包蛋〕 poached eggs on toast 烤面包片加水煮荷包蛋 b) DFCto gently cook food, especially fish, in a small amount of boiling water, milk etc 水煮；炖；煨 ► see thesaurus at cook →5 see picture at 见图 egg1 Poach the salmon in white wine and water. 把三文鱼放在白葡萄酒和水里煨。 2 animals 动物 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SCC to illegally catch or shoot animals, birds, or fish, especially on private land without permission 〔尤指未经允许在私人土地上〕偷猎，偷捕 Deer have been poached here for years. 多年来这里一直有人偷偷地猎鹿。 3 people 人 [transitiveT] to persuade someone who belongs to another organization, team etc to leave it and join yours, especially in a secret or dishonest way 挖走〔公司、球队等的成员〕 That company’s always poaching our staff. 那家公司老是挖我们的员工。 poach from Several of their reporters were poached from other papers. 他们有几个记者是从其他报社挖过去的。 4 steal ideas 窃取想法 [transitiveT] to take and use someone else’s ideas unfairly or illegally 剽窃；窃取〔他人的想法〕 poach from characters poached from Shakespeare 从莎士比亚作品中剽窃的人物 5. poach on somebody’s territory/preserve British EnglishBrERESPONSIBLE to do something that is someone else’s responsibility, especially when they do not want you to do it 越俎代庖 —poaching noun [uncountableU] the poaching of elephants for their ivory tusks 为获取象牙偷猎大象的行为 Examples from the Corpus poach• But the Gulf of California is closer than you think, and currently under assault by everything from pollution to poaching.• Companies in the survey were asked if they used any mechanisms to protect themselves against poaching by other businesses employing headhunters.• Third, the ground must be well drained to prevent it being poached by the animals.• In the New World preachers felt free to encroach and poach in search of souls.• Volkswagen poached Lopez from GM in 1993.• They no longer poach pigeons in public parks.• The chicken was poached with basil and pepper. From Longman Business Dictionary poachpoach /pəʊtʃpoʊtʃ/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] 1HUMAN RESOURCESto persuade someone to leave an organization and come and work for you Wall Street firms have always poached each other’s star brokers. poach from We prefer not to poach from other firms. 2to unfairly or illegally use someone else’s ideas They were accused of poaching another agency’s ideas. poach from a concept poached from their main rival —poaching noun [uncountableU] There is still some poaching between the major executive search firms. 1. (1400-1500) Old French pochier, from poche “bag, pocket” 2. (1600-1700) Old French pocher |
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