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单词 pig
释义

pig

noun
 
/pɪɡ/
/pɪɡ/
Idioms
  1.  
    (also hog especially in North American English)
    an animal with pink, black or brown skin, short legs, a broad nose and a short curly tail. Pigs are kept on farms for their meat (called pork) or live in the wild.
    • a pig farmer养猪的农民
    • Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard.猪在院子里哼哼地叫个不停。
    • to breed/rear pigs饲养/饲养猪
    see also boar, piglet, sow2, suckling pig, swine, guinea pigTopics Animalsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • domestic
    • feral
    • wild
    verb + pig
    • breed
    • keep
    • raise
    pig + verb
    • grunt
    • squeal
    pig + noun
    • farm
    • farmer
  2. (informal, disapproving) a person who you find unpleasant or offensive; a person who you think is dirty or greedy您觉得不愉快或令人反感的人;你认为肮脏或贪婪的人
    • Arrogant pig!傲慢的家伙!
    • Don't be such a pig!别那么讨厌嘛!
    • The greedy pig's eaten all the biscuits!那个馋猫把饼干都吃光了!
    • She made a pig of herself with the ice cream (= ate too much).她大吃了一通冰激凌。
    • He's a real male chauvinist pig (= a man who does not think women are equal to men).他是个彻头彻尾的大男子主义者。
    • We cooked up a load of pasta and all made pigs of ourselves.我们做了许多意大利面食,每个人都吃了很多。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fat
    • disgusting
    • greedy
    phrases
    • make a pig of yourself
  3. (slang, offensive) an offensive word for a police officer(对警察的蔑称)
  4. Word OriginMiddle English: probably from the first element of Old English picbrēd ‘acorn’, literally ‘pig bread’ (i.e. food for pigs).
Idioms
make a pig’s ear (out) of something
  1. (British English, informal) to do something badly; to make a mess of something把事情办砸;弄得一团糟
(buy) a pig in a poke
  1. if you buy a pig in a poke, you buy something without seeing it or knowing if it is good enough(买)未看过的东西;(买)不知优劣的东西
    • Buying from a catalogue can mean buying a pig in a poke.从目录中购买可能意味着买一头猪。
a pig of a something
  1. (British English, informal) a difficult or unpleasant thing or task挠头的事;烦人的事;苦差
    • I've had a pig of a day.我这一天倒霉透了。
pigs might fly (British English)
(North American English when pigs fly)
  1. (ironic, saying) used to show that you do not believe something will ever happen(表示不相信某事会发生)太阳从西边出
    • ‘With a bit of luck, we'll be finished by the end of the year.’ ‘Yes, and pigs might fly!’“运气不错的话,我们年底就能完成。”“是啊,太阳能打西边出嘛!”

pig

verb
/pɪɡ/
/pɪɡ/
(British English, informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pig
/pɪɡ/
/pɪɡ/
he / she / it pigs
/pɪɡz/
/pɪɡz/
past simple pigged
/pɪɡd/
/pɪɡd/
past participle pigged
/pɪɡd/
/pɪɡd/
-ing form pigging
/ˈpɪɡɪŋ/
/ˈpɪɡɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
  1. to eat too much of something吃得过量;大吃特吃
    • pig something I had a whole box of chocolates and pigged the lot!我把一整盒巧克力吃了个精光!
    • pig yourself (on something) Don't give me cakes—I'll just pig myself.可别给我拿糕点,那我会吃个没够的。
    Topics Feelingsc1
    Word OriginMiddle English: probably from the first element of Old English picbrēd ‘acorn’, literally ‘pig bread’ (i.e. food for pigs).
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