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- an oval or round object laid by a female bird, reptile, fish, or invertebrate, usually containing a developing embryo. The eggs of birds are enclosed in a chalky shell, while those of reptiles are in a leathery membrane.蛋, 卵。
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- an infertile egg, typically of the domestic hen, used for food（尤指用作食品的）蛋; 鸡蛋。
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- Biology the female reproductive cell in animals and plants; an ovum【生】卵细胞; 卵子。
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- a thing resembling a bird's egg in shape蛋状物：
chocolate eggs.
巧克力蛋。
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- Architecture a decorative oval moulding, used alternately with triangular figures【建筑】卵形饰：
as modifier egg and dart moulding.蛋箭饰。
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- with adj. informal, dated a person possessing a specified quality〈非正式, 旧〉人, 家伙：
the biography portrays him as a thoroughly bad egg.
该传记将他描述为一个彻头彻尾的坏蛋。
短语
don't put all your eggs in one basket
- proverb don't risk everything on the success of one venture〈谚〉不要孤注一掷, 不要把一切希望寄托在一件事上。
go suck an egg
- as imperative N. Amer. informal used as an expression of anger or scorn〈北美, 非正式〉见鬼去吧（表示愤怒或鄙视）。
kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
- destroy a reliable and valuable source of income杀鸡取卵。
- ORIGIN: with allusion to one of Aesop's fables.
lay an egg
- N. Amer. informal be completely unsuccessful; fail badly〈北美, 非正式〉完全失败。
with egg on one's face
- informal appearing foolish or ridiculous〈非正式〉丢脸, 出丑：
don't underestimate this team, or you'll be left with egg on your face.
不要低估了这支球队, 不然你会出丑的。
派生词
eggless
adjective词源
Middle English （superseding earlier ey, from Old Englishǣg）： from Old Norse.