中文翻译与英英解释 | n.
(pl. geese )
1.鹅；雌鹅 (opp. gander); 鹅肉。
2.(pl. gooses) (成衣铺的)弯把熨斗。
3.〔俚语〕(鹅叫一样的)奚落声，倒彩。
短语和例子
The old woman is picking her geese. 下雪了〔儿语〕。 a wild goose chase 徒劳的追求，无益的举动。 All his geese are swans. 1. 夸大自己的长处。 2. 敝帚自珍。 all right on the goose ＝ be sound on the goose 〔美国〕稳健，持正统观念。 as silly [stupid] as a goose 蠢极了。 cannot say bo [boh, boo] to a goose 〔口语〕胆小怕事。 chase the wild goose 徒劳的追求，无益的举动。 cooked [gone] goose 无可救药的人，没有希望的事。 cook one's (own) goose 自己害自己；毁掉自己的希望[机会、计划]。give ... the goose 〔美俚〕加快速度。 the goose that lays the golden eggs 摇钱树，财源。 kill the goose that lays the golden eggs 杀鸡取卵；只顾眼前利益，不顾长远利益。 like geese on a common 自由自在地闲逛。 make a goose of sb. 瞒骗某人，愚弄某人。 shoe the goose 徒劳无益，白费气力。 swim like a tailor's goose 〔戏谑语〕沉下去。 The goose hangs [honks] high. 〔美俚〕前途有望，形势大好。 turn geese into swans 把蠢鹅说成天鹅，言过其实。
vt.
1.突然开大(汽车等的)油门；推动，促进。
2.〔俚语〕对(某人)发嘘嘘声〔表示反对〕。
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| 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
同义词：fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, cuckoo, twat, zany,
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| give a spurt of fuel to; "goose the car"
| | prod into action
| | pinch in the buttocks; "he goosed the unsuspecting girl"
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例句与用法 | 1. | He is not such a goose as they make him ..
他并没有像大家想像的那样笨。
| | 2. | You're all goose lumps, dear .
你身上全是鸡皮疙瘩呀，亲爱的。
| | 3. | It's about time his goose was cooked .
现在该是他饮下自己酿的苦酒的时候了。
| | 4. | The goose flapped heavily away .
那只鹅扇着沉重的翅膀飞走了。
| | 5. | A goose waddles aimlessly .
一只鹅在摇摇摇摆漫无目的地走着。
| | 6. | The wild goose pagoda was dimly visible .
大雁塔隐隐在望。
| | 7. | The wild geese fly from north to south .
大雁由北向南飞。
| | 8. | It is a silly goose that comes to the fox's sermon .
唯有傻瓜才来听狐狸的说教。
| | 9. | Flocks of honking geese flew past .
雁群嗷嗷地飞过。
| | 10. | Some geese and some cranes fed together in the same field .
有些鹅和鹤同在一块地里觅食。
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