n.
- 豬；小豬[C]
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He keeps
pigs as a career.
他以養豬為業。
- 豬肉[U]
- 【口】像豬一樣的人（指骯髒，貪吃的人等）[C]
- 【俚】【口】【貶】警官，警察[C]
vi.
- 生小豬
- 像豬一樣過活
片語
make a pig of oneself
- 大吃大喝；吃喝過多
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The child
made a pig of himself at dinner and now feels very sick.
那孩子在晚餐時吃得太多，現在感到很不舒服。
Pigs might fly.
- 奇事也許會發生。
teach a pig to play on a flute
- 做絕不可能做到的事
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You could never make such a young baby do this. It's just like
teaching a pig to play on a flute!
你絕不可能教會這麼小的孩子做這種事。這就像教豬吹笛子！
when pigs fly
- 絕不；絕不可能
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She will do that for you only
when pigs fly!
要她為你做那事是絕不可能的。
辨析
n.
- an omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout, kept for its meat.
[Sus domesticus.]
▸a wild animal related to this; a hog.
[Family Suidae.]
▸N. Amer. a young pig; a piglet.
- informal a greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person.
- informal, derogatory a police officer.
- an oblong mass of iron or lead from a smelting furnace.
- a device which fits snugly inside an oil or gas pipeline and is sent through it to clean or test the inside, or to act as a barrier.
v.
(pigs, pigging, pigged)
-
(often pig out)
informal gorge oneself with food.
-
(often in phr. pig it)
informal crowd together with others in disorderly or dirty conditions.
- (of a sow) give birth to piglets; farrow.
- operate a pig within an oil or gas pipeline.
Phrase
- in a pig's eye
informal, chiefly N. Amer. expressing scornful disbelief. - make a pig of oneself
informal overeat. - make a pig's ear of
Brit. informal handle ineptly. - on the pig's back
Irish informal living a life of ease and luxury. - a pig in a poke
something that is bought or accepted without first being seen or assessed. - pig in the python
chiefly US a sharp statistical increase represented as a bulge in an otherwise level pattern, used especially with reference to the baby-boom generation regarded as having a gradual effect on consumer spending, society, etc. as they grow older.
[from the shape of such an increase being likened to that of a pig swallowed by a python.]
- a pig of a ——
Brit. informal something unpleasant or difficult:![]()
I've had a pig of a day.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: prob. from the first element of OE picbrēd ‘acorn’, lit. ‘pig bread’ (i.e. food for pigs).
