goose
英 [ɡuːs]
美 [ɡuːs]
n. 鹅; 鹅肉; 雌鹅
v. 触摸(或捏)(某人)的臀部; 推动; 促进; 激励
复数:geese 过去分词:goosed 过去式:goosed 现在分词:goosing 第三人称单数:gooses
Collins.2 / BNC.6076 / COCA.5529
习惯用语
n.
- cook sb's goose
- 毁掉某人成功的机会
to ruin sb's chances of success kill the goose that lays the golden egg/eggs - 杀鸡取卵;竭泽而渔;自绝财源
to destroy sth that would make you rich, successful, etc. what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander - 适于此者亦应适于彼;应该一视同仁
what one person is allowed to do, another person must be allowed to do in a similar situation not say boo to a goose - 非常胆怯;十分温和
to be very shy or gentle - He's so nervous he wouldn't say boo to a goose.
他紧张得连大气都不敢喘。
牛津词典
noun
- 鹅
a bird like a large duck with a long neck. Geese either live wild or are kept on farms. - 鹅肉
meat from a goose- roast goose
烤鹅
- roast goose
- 雌鹅
a female goose - 傻瓜;笨蛋
a silly person
verb
- 触摸(或捏)(某人)的臀部
to touch or squeeze sb's bottom - 推动;促进;激励
to make sth move or work faster
柯林斯词典
- 鹅
Agooseis a large bird that has a long neck and webbed feet. Geese are often farmed for their meat. - N-UNCOUNT 鹅肉
Gooseis the meat from a goose that has been cooked.- ...roast goose.
烤鹅
- ...roast goose.
- See also:wild goose chase
- PHRASE 阻挠;破坏…的计划
If youcooksomeone'sgoose, you prevent their plans from succeeding.- He said that what they were up to would cook Krasky's goose.
他说他们暗中进行的阴谋可能会使克拉斯基的计划流产。
- He said that what they were up to would cook Krasky's goose.
- PHRASE 杀鸡取卵;自绝财源
If someonekills the goose that lays the golden egg, they harm or destroy the person or thing that gives them their money, power, or advantage.- Unregulated tourism can kill the goose that laid their golden egg.
旅游业的无序发展无异于杀鸡取卵。
- Unregulated tourism can kill the goose that laid their golden egg.
- 适于此者适于彼;应该一视同仁
If you saywhat's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, you mean what is acceptable for one person in a particular situation should be acceptable for another person in a similar situation.
英英释义
noun
- web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
- flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)
- a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
verb
- give a spurt of fuel to
- goose the car
- prod into action
- pinch in the buttocks
- he goosed the unsuspecting girl
双语例句
- The girl and the goose get in the goat's cart.
小女孩和鹅上了山羊的马车。 - The goose, the goat and the girl are tired.
鹅,山羊和小女孩玩累了。 - Merely the thought of holding a snake makes me come out in goose flesh.
只要一想起手中握着一条蛇,我就会起鸡皮疙瘩。 - She also gave me ten goose eggs for the incubator.
她还给了我十个鹅蛋拿去人工孵化。 - The boss may look a bit fierce, but in fact he wouldn't say "boo" to a goose.
老板可能看上去有点凶,但实际上他不会吓唬人。 - They said: Brother Goose, what's wrong with you?
他们问他:「鹅兄弟,你怎么了? - He said that what they were up to would cook Krasky's goose.
他说他们暗中进行的阴谋可能会使克拉斯基的计划流产。 - I prefer goose to duck.
我喜欢吃鹅肉胜过吃鸭肉。 - Yesterday I saw a film, its name is 《 DUCK AND GOOSE 》.
昨天我看了一部电影,名字叫做《鸭子和大雁》。 - This is our alchemy and our golden goose.
这是为我们的炼金术和我们的金鸭子。