with obj.
1- cook (an egg) without its shell in or over boiling water煮（荷包蛋）。
1.1
- cook by simmering in a small amount of liquid炖, 煨。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French pochier, earlier in the sense 'enclose in a bag', from poche 'bag, pocket'.
with obj.
1
- illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land that is not one's own or in contravention of official protection偷猎; 偷捕。
1.1
- take or acquire in an unfair or clandestine way窃取; 挖走：
employers risk having their newly trained workers poached by other firms.
业主们承担着自己新训练出来的工人被别的公司挖走的风险。
1.2
- no obj.(in ball games) take a shot that a partner or teammate would have expected to take（球类运动用语）抢打（同伴的球）。
2
- (of an animal) trample or cut up (turf) with its hoofs（动物用蹄）践踏（或踩烂）（草皮）。
2.1
- no obj.(of land) become sodden by being trampled（土地因被践踏而）变得泥泞。
短语
poach on someone's territory
- encroach on someone else's rights侵犯他人的权利。
词源