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- a spiked stick used for driving cattle（赶牛的）刺棒。
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- a thing that stimulates someone into action刺激; 激励：
for him the visit was a goad to renewed effort.
这次访问激励他重新努力。
with obj.
1- provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction刺激; 激怒, 惹恼; 驱使：
he goaded her on to more daring revelations.
他激得她更大胆地进行揭露。
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- with obj. and adverbial of direction drive or urge (an animal) on with a goad用刺棒驱赶（动物）。
词源
Old English gād, of Germanic origin.