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hog/hɒɡ/ n. & v.●n. 1a a domesticated pig, esp. a castrated male reared for slaughter 猪；(尤指肉用的)阉公猪 b any of several other pigs of the family Suidae, e.g. a warthog 猪科动物(如疣猪) 2 colloq. a greedy person [口]贪婪的人 3 (also 亦作 hogg) Brit. dial. a young sheep before the first shearing [英方]尚未剪过毛的小羊 ●v. (hogged, hogging) 1 tr. colloq. take greedily; hoard selfishly; monopolize [口]贪心攫取；多占；独占 2 tr. & intr. raise (the back), or rise in an arch in the centre 拱起(背)；中部拱起 □ go the whole hog colloq. do something completely or thoroughly [口]彻底干，干到底 □ hog-tie N. Amer. [北美] 1 secure by fastening the hands and feet or all four feet together 把手脚捆住；捆住四肢 2 restrain, impede 束缚；制止，阻止 □ hogger n.□ hoggery n.□ hoggish adj.□ hoggishly adv.□ hoglike adj.[Old English hogg, hocg, perhaps of Celtic origin] |