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| /pɪg/ |
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| 1 | an animal with no fur and a curly tail kept by farmers for its meat . A female pig is called a sow and a young pig is called a piglet . The meat from a pig is called pork . 猪 |
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| 2 | an insulting word for someone who behaves in an unpleasant way （侮辱性用语）猪猡 |
| You greedy pig – you’ ve eaten up all the food. 你这只贪心的猪猡，你把所有的食物都吃光了。 |
| He’ s just an ignorant pig. 他只不过是一头无知的猪。 |
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| 3 | BRITISH informal something that is very difficult or unpleasant 难办的事情；不愉快的事情 |
| We had a pig of a game. 我们的游戏玩得很不愉快。 |
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| 4 | offensive an insulting word for a police officer （对警官的侮辱性用语）猪猡 |
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| - | make a pig of yourself informal
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| to eat far too much food at one time |
| 吃得过多；狼吞虎咽 |
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| - | make a pig’ s ear of sth BRITISH spoken
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| to do something very badly |
| 把事情搞砸；把事情弄糟 |
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| - | pigs might fly BRITISH spoken
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| used for saying that something is completely impossible |
| 无稽之谈；根本不可能的事情 |
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