喜樂美語

核心畫面

The farm animal: a fat-bodied pig with a flat snout, kept for its meat. In everyday culture it carries a bundle of associations — greedy, dirty, messy, low — and almost every other use of the word borrows one of those associations.

比較像那隻農場動物：胖身體、扁鼻子、養來吃肉的豬。在英文文化裡，豬背著一串既定印象——貪吃、髒、亂、上不了檯面。後面…更多收起比較像那隻農場動物：胖身體、扁鼻子、養來吃肉的豬。在英文文化裡，豬背著一串既定印象——貪吃、髒、亂、上不了檯面。後面幾乎每一個用法，都是借走這串印象裡的某一個來罵人或形容麻煩事。

原始詞典資料32 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

PIGnoun

  • 1

    Persuade, Identify, GOTV, an electoral technique commonly employed in the United Kingdom.

  • 2

    Police in gear.

Pigname

  • 1

    The twelfth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

pignoun詞源 1/ˈpɪɡ/

  • 1

    Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.

    • The man kept a pen with two pigs that he fed everything from carrots to cabbage.
    • […]and at the back a rambling courtledge of barns and walls, around which pigs and bare-foot children grunted in loving communion of dirt.
  • 2

    Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.

    • Weanlings grow into feeder pigs, and feeder pigs grow into slaughter hogs. […] Ultimately the end use for virtually all pigs and hogs is to be slaughtered for the production of pork and other products.
  • 3

    The edible meat of such an animal; pork.

    • Some religions prohibit their adherents from eating pig.
    • "Miss Chastene, could you fetch me out an extra plate of pig and biscuit. My partner can't do without your marvelous cooking."
  • 4

    A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called pig pink).

    • So far on the streets there's been a lot of metallic pink (the kind of pink as in the shade of pig you get, and this is exactly the shade of the diary I've been writing in) […]
  • 5

    derogatoryA person:

    • You gluttonous pig! Now that you've eaten all the cupcakes, there will be none for the party!
    • When you figure out the maze and get to the middle, that's when you get your free cocoa. It's on a table in two big thermos jugs, and there's cups and a ladle, and the sign says, "One cup per customer, PLEASE!" because some people are pigs.
  • 6

    derogatoryA person:

    • She considered him a pig, as he invariably stared at her bosom when they talked.
  • 7

    derogatoryA person:

    • He was a pig and his apartment a pigpen; take-away containers and pizza boxes in a long, moldy stream lined his counter tops.
  • 8

    derogatoryA person:

另外 12 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    derogatoryslangA person:

    • The protester shouted, “Don't give in to the pigs!” as he was arrested.
    • There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers on the instant replay
  • 10

    informalA difficult problem.

    • Hrm... this one's a real pig: I've been banging my head against the wall over it for hours!
    • Chewing-gum is a pig to get out of your hair.
  • 11

    An oblong block of cast metal (now only iron or lead).

    • The conveyor carried the pigs from the smelter to the freight cars.
    • Standing near the side, he had observed Rex and Fair bring up a great pig of iron, erst used as part of the ballast of the brig, and poise it on the rail.
  • 12

    The mold in which a block of metal is cast.

    • The pig was cracked, and molten metal was oozing from the side.
  • 13

    A lead container used for radioactive waste.

    • Taylor also bought a pig—a radiation-shielding container made of thick lead—to stash the most radioactive materials in.
    • Forceps and a lead container (called a pig) that are routinely placed in the room are used to retrieve and contain the source.
  • 14

    engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.

    • Unfortunately, the pig sent to clear the obstruction got lodged in a tight bend, adding to the problem.
  • 15

    slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsThe general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.

    • Unfortunately, the M60 is about twenty-four pounds and is very unbalanced. You try carrying the pig around the jungle and see how you feel.
  • 16

    A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating a greater score or losing previous points gained.

  • 17

    obsoleteslangA sixpence.

  • 18

    slangA Cadillac car.

  • 19

    slangA Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

  • 20

    slangThe victim of a pig butchering scam.

pigverb詞源 1/ˈpɪɡ/

  • 1

    To give birth.

    • The black sow pigged at seven this morning.
  • 2

    To greedily consume (especially food).

    • They were pigging on the free food at the bar.
    • "Wow, Doc. That's heavy." Denis sat there pigging on the joint as usual.
  • 3

    To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.

  • 4

    To live together in a crowded filthy manner.

  • 5

    engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).

pignoun詞源 2

  • 1

    An earthenware pot or jar

  • 2

    An earthenware pot or jar

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。