pig
[pɪg] noun countable
ANIMAL 动物
IMPROVER (US also hog)
■a large pink, brown or black farm animal with short legs and a curved tail, kept for its meat 猪•The meat produced from a pig is called pork, bacon or ham.从猪身上取得的食用肉品有鲜猪肉、熏咸肉和火腿。 •a pig farm养猪场
[pɪg] noun countable
UNPLEASANT PERSON 令人讨厌的人 informal
■a person who is unpleasant and difficult to deal with 令人讨厌的人，难相处的人•He was an absolute pig to her.对她来说他讨厌至极。 •He's a real pig of a man.他这人真讨厌。 ■offensive
■a police officer 警官
be a pig to do/play, etc. UK informal
■to be very difficult or unpleasant to do/play, etc 做／演奏起来等很难•It's a beautiful piece of music but it's a pig to play.这首乐曲很好听，但演奏起来难度很高。
[pɪg] noun countable
EATS TOO MUCH 吃得过多 informal
■a person who eats too much 贪吃的人•You greedy pig! You're not having another chocolate biscuit!你这只贪吃鬼，你不能再吃巧克力饼干了！
[pɪg] noun countable
make a pig of yourself disapproving
■to eat too much 吃得过多•They made complete pigs of themselves at the dinner.他们在晚宴上大吃大喝。
[pɪg] noun countable
make a pig's ear of sth UK informal
■to do something badly, wrongly or awkwardly 弄糟，搞砸•He's made a real pig's ear of that bookcase he was supposed to be making.他把正在制作的书架弄得不成样子了。
[pɪg] noun countable
a pig in a poke
■something that you buy or accept without first seeing it or finding out whether it is good 盲目购买（或接受）的东西
[pɪg] noun countable
Pigs might fly. humorous saying
■said when you think that there is no chance at all of something happening 根本不可能的事情；无稽之谈•"I'll have finished it by tomorrow." "And pigs might fly!"“明天我就能完成了。”“那才怪呢。”
[pɪg] verb (-gg-)
Phrasal Verbs pig out informal
■to eat a lot or too much 大吃大喝，狼吞虎咽•We pigged out on all the lovely cakes and pastries.我们狼吞虎咽地吃着各种可口的蛋糕和点心。 |