hog

hog
noun
  1. a domesticated pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter
    家养猪(尤指阉割过供屠宰的公猪)
    ■a feral pig
    野猪
    ■a wild animal of the pig family, for example a warthog
    猪科野生动物,例如疣猪
    ■(informal)(非正式)a greedy person
    贪婪的人
  2. (亦作 hogg)(dialect)a young sheep before the first shearing
    (方)(第一次剪毛前的)小绵羊
  3. (informal)a large motorcycle
    (非正式)大号摩托车
(hogged, hogging)
[with obj.]
  1. (informal)keep or use all of (something) for oneself in an unfair or selfish way
    (非正式)(不公平或自私地)全部占有(或使用)
    he never hogged the limelight.
    他从不抢风头。
  2. (一般作 be hogged)distort (a ship) by supporting it in the centre and allowing the bow and stern to droop
    使船中拱
常用词组
go the whole hog
  1. (informal)do something completely or thoroughly
    (非正式)彻底地干,干到底
live high on (或 off) the hog
  1. (N. Amer. informal)(北美,非正式)have a luxurious lifestyle
    生活奢华
派生
hogger
noun
hoggery
noun
hoggish
adjective
hoggishly
adverb
hog-like
adjective
语源
  1. late Old English hogg, hocg, perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Welsh hwch and Cornish hoch 'pig, sow'
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