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- a chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery（用于木工、雕刻和外科的）半圆凿, 弧口凿, 扁凿。
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- an indentation or groove made by gouging用半圆凿凿出的口或孔。
with obj.
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- make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as if with a gouge（似）用半圆凿凿（槽、孔或口）：
the channel had been gouged out by the ebbing water.
这条峡沟是由退潮的河水冲出来的。
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- make a rough hole or indentation in (a surface), especially so as to mar or disfigure it在…表面弄出破洞（或缺口）：
he had wielded the blade inexpertly, gouging the grass in several places.
他笨拙地挥刀割草, 把草坪割出了好几块缺口。
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gouge something out
cut or force something out roughly or brutally粗暴地（或野蛮地）挖出（或挤出）：one of the young man's eyes had been gouged out.
年轻人的一只眼睛被残忍地挖出。
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- no obj. Austral. dig for minerals, especially opal〈澳〉挖矿（尤指蛋白石）：
he was gouging for ore.
他正在挖矿。
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- N. Amer. informal overcharge; swindle〈北美, 非正式〉要价过高; 诈骗：
the airline ends up gouging the very passengers it is supposed to assist.
航空公司理应帮助乘客, 结果却总是敲他们一笔。
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gouge something out
obtain money by swindling or extortion诈骗钱财; 敲竹杠：he'd gouged wads out of Morty.
他从莫蒂那里诈了一大笔钱。
派生词
gouger
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin gubia, gulbia, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare with Old Irish gulba 'beak' and Welsh gylf 'beak, pointed instrument'.