這個拼法是2個不同的字· 2 words spelled “poach”

  1. 1
    poach an egg水波煮(蛋)Picture a pot of water that is trembling but not yet boiling.
  2. 2
    poach · hunt illegally盜獵/盜捕Picture a foot pressing down on ground that is not yours.
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poach an egg

v

Picture a pot of water that is but not yet boiling. The food slides in bare — no shell, no pan, no hot oil — and the quiet heat closes around it on every side, like a soft bag being drawn shut. Nothing is knocking the food about, so it keeps its shape and stays tender. That is the whole picture behind this side of poach: cooking by being wrapped in gentle heat rather than beaten by it.

這一支可以想成一鍋水在微微發抖,還沒真的滾起來。食材就這樣光溜溜地滑進去:沒有殼、沒有油、也沒有滾燙的鍋底。熱水從四面八方輕輕把它包住,像替它收起一個柔軟的小袋子。因為水幾乎不動,食材不會被沖散,也不會變老。所以 poach 給人的感覺一直是「被溫柔地泡熟」,而不是「被大火煮熟」。

From the word’s history

Middle English pochen, from Old French pocher, from poche meaning pocket — the egg white closing around the yolk was seen as a little bag made for it.

這一支來自中古英文 pochen,再往前是古法文 pocher,源頭是 poche「口袋」。當時的說法是:蛋白在熱水裡把蛋黃裹起來,就像替它做了一個小口袋。今天煮魚、煮水果也還是同一個畫面——熱湯汁把食材包住。

Wiktionary, "poach" (etymology 1)

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poach · hunt illegally

v

Picture a foot pressing down on ground that is not yours. There is a line across the field that nobody can see, and you have over it and lifted what was lying on the other side — a deer, a fish, a person, an idea, an easy goal. The thing you carry off changes from use to use; what never changes is that the ground it came from had somebody else's name on it.

這一支可以想成一隻腳踩進了不屬於你的那塊地。這個字的字根本來就是「踩」。田裡有一條看不見的界線,你跨過去,把上面的東西撿走——可能是一頭鹿、一條魚、一個人、一個點子,或一個輕鬆的進球。拿走的東西每次都不一樣,不變的是那塊地上本來掛著別人的名字。也因為這樣,這一支的每個用法都帶著一點「你沒有這個資格」的味道。

From the word’s history

From Old French pocher, pochier meaning to trample or push into; a doublet of poke. The oldest picture is feet pressing into ground.

這一支來自古法文 pocher/pochier,意思是「踩踏、戳進去」,跟英文 poke 同源。最早的畫面就是腳壓進地面。後來的用法都從這裡走出去:踩進別人的地界拿東西,或者真的把地踩爛。

Wiktionary, "poach" (etymology 2)

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