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单词 egg
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egg

1 egg /ˈɛg/ noun
plural eggs
1 egg
/ˈɛg/
noun
plural eggs
Learner's definition of EGG
[count] : a hard-shelled oval thing from which a young bird is born(鸟的)蛋
also : an oval or round thing from which a snake, frog, insect, etc., is born(蛇、青蛙、昆虫等的)卵
: the egg of a bird (especially a chicken) eaten as food(供食用的)禽蛋;(尤指)鸡蛋
[count]
[noncount]
[count] biology : a cell that is produced by the female sexual organs and that combines with the male's sperm in reproduction卵子
called also ovum
[count] : something that is shaped like a bird's egg蛋形物

bad egg

informal + somewhat old-fashioned
: someone who does bad things坏蛋

curate's egg

see curate

egg on your face

◊ If you have egg on your face you appear foolish, usually because something that you said would happen has not happened.出丑,有失颜面(通常因为预言之事未发生)

good egg

informal + somewhat old-fashioned
: a likeable person好人

lay an egg

US, informal
: to fail completely : to fail in a very obvious or embarrassing way完全失败

put all your eggs in one basket

◊ If you put all your eggs in one basket, you risk all you have on the success or failure of one thing (such as an investment), so that if something goes wrong you could lose everything.(指投资等)孤注一掷,寄希望于一件事情上;把蛋都放在一个篮子里

the goose that lays the golden egg

see 1goose

walk on eggs

see 1walk
see also nest egg
2 egg /ˈɛg/ verb
eggs; egged; egging
2 egg
/ˈɛg/
verb
eggs; egged; egging
Learner's definition of EGG

egg on

[phrasal verb]
egg (someone) on
: to urge or encourage (someone) to do something that is usually foolish or dangerous煽动,怂恿(干傻事或危险事)
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