名複: goats
n.[C]
- 山羊
- 色鬼
- 替罪羔羊,犧牲品(= scapegoat)
片語
act/play the giddy goat
- 胡鬧
get sb.'s goat
- 惹某人發火
衍生
a.
goatish
a.
goatlike
辨析
同義:
n.山羊
buck ram billy goat nanny goat nanny doe kidn.替罪羊,犧牲品
scapegoat whipping boy dupe gull victim sitting duck fall guy butt patsyn.壞人,色鬼
lecher satyr whoremonger old goat以上來源於:《英漢大辭典》
n.
- a hardy domesticated ruminant mammal that has backward-curving horns and (in the male) a beard.
[Capra hircus.]
▸a wild mammal related to the goat, such as the ibex.
- informal a lecherous man.
- Brit. informal a stupid person.
- N. Amer. informal a scapegoat.
Phrase
- get someone's goat
informal irritate someone.
Derivative
- goatish adj.
- goaty adj.
Etymology
OE gāt ‘nanny goat’, of Gmc origin; rel. to L. haedus ‘kid’.
以上來源於:《簡明牛津英語詞典》