在安靜的熱湯汁裡慢慢熟
這一支的三個用法，差別只在「煮的是什麼」和「當動詞還是名詞」，煮的方式從頭到尾沒有變過。
verb · B1
To cook an egg with the shell taken off, by letting it slide into water that is only just bubbling, until the white sets into a soft bag around the yolk.
水波煮（蛋）
這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 水波煮（蛋） · 盜獵／盜捕
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poach
v核心畫面
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…更多收起
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 entry supplied in this packet, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1051863328:8020 (etymology_number 1).
One branch
A second word, same spelling
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poach
v核心畫面
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…更多收起
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 entry supplied in this packet, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1051873809:23850 (etymology_number 2).
From the picture
越過界線把活的東西帶走
這是最貼近核心畫面的一支：真的走進不屬於你的獵場，真的帶走上面的動物。
verb · B2
To catch or kill animals, birds or fish when you have no right to — either because the law protects those animals, or because you are on land or water that belongs to someone else.
盜獵／盜捕
把別人的人和點子拿過來
獵場換成了公司、球隊或作品，被帶走的東西從動物換成了人和想法。界線還在，只是這次是看不見的那種。
verb · C1
To get someone who works for, plays for, or buys from another company, team or group to leave it and come to yours — usually by quietly offering them better pay or better conditions.
挖角
伸手進別人的範圍
這一支帶走的不是東西，而是「機會」和「該由誰做」。腳跨過界線的畫面還在，只是界線畫在職責和球場的位置上。
verb · C1
If you poach on someone's territory (or on their preserve), you start doing something that is really their job or their area of work, usually at a time when they would rather you stayed out of it.
插手別人的地盤
Also in this word
verb · C1
In sport, to take a chance that really belonged to someone else: a striker who scores an easy goal from the work another player did, or a doubles player who crosses over to hit a ball their partner was better placed to hit.
撿現成的（進球／球）