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
- They regularly buy large quantities from us, so we should not put up our prices too much; we don't want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
他们定期向我们大量购买,因此我们不应该把价格抬得太高,我们不想杀鸡取卵。 - Some animals can swim on water, such as ducks, goose, swans and pole bears.
一些动物会在水里游泳,比如鸭子、鹅、天鹅和北极熊。 - A lone mother Canada goose honked a warning to stay away from her nest.
一只孤独无伴的雌性加拿大黑雁鸣叫了一声,警告别人不要靠近它的巢。 - The goose and the goat tell the girl about the lost feather.
鹅和山羊把事情告诉了小女孩。 - 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。 - This is our alchemy and our golden goose.
这是为我们的炼金术和我们的金鸭子。 - The goose, the goat and the girl are tired.
鹅,山羊和小女孩玩累了。 - She gives the feather to the goose.
她把羽毛还给了鹅。 - Yes, this is made of wild goose feather and this is made of skylark feather.
是的,这把是用大雁羽毛做的,这把是用云雀羽毛做的。 - He is such a goose.
他是这样的一个笨人。