egg

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n. 蛋, 卵 vt. 挑唆, 煽动, 调蛋黄

发音

US /ˈɛɡ/
UK /ˈɛɡ/
IN /ˈ(j)ɛɡ/
US /ˈeɪ̯ɡ/
CA /ˈeɪ̯ɡ/

词形变化

eggie eggs 复数 eggs eggs 三单 egging 现在分词 egged 过去式 egged 过去分词 eggest eggedst 过去式 eggeth 三单 egged 复数

别名

egge agg

教材释义与例句

名词

蛋;卵子;家伙;鸡蛋

a round object with a hard surface, that contains a baby bird, snake, insect etc and which is produced by a female bird, snake, insect etc

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.

    卵子

    可数 不可数 生物 动物学
  2. 2.

    An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.

    The edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, a chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.

    鸡蛋

    鸡卵

    可数 生物 动物学 不可数

    We made a big omelette with three eggs for breakfast.

    I should determine the minimal amount of egg required to make good mayonnaise.

    The farmer offered me some fresh eggs, but I told him I was allergic to egg.

  3. 3.

    An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.

    A food item shaped to resemble an egg (sense 1.1.1), such as a chocolate egg.

    可数 生物 动物学 引申义 不可数
  4. 4.

    Synonym of ovum (“the female gamete of an animal”); an egg cell.

    可数 不可数 生物 医学 动物学
  5. 5.

    A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).

    可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).

    A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, resulting from an injury.

    可数 不可数
  7. 7.

    A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).

    Chiefly in egg and dart: an ornamental oval moulding alternating in a row with dart or triangular shapes.

    可数 不可数 建筑
  8. 8.

    A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).

    A score of zero; specifically (cricket), a batter's failure to score; a duck egg or duck's egg.

    可数 不可数 体育
  9. 9.

    A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).

    A bomb or mine.

    可数 过时 不可数 政治 军事
  10. 10.

    A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).

    A would-be spark, especially one created by an overweight spaceship and that leads to a pattern's destruction.

    可数 不可数 计算机 工程 数学
  11. 11.

    Senses relating to people.

    A person; a fellow.

    可数 过时 比喻 非正式 不可数

    a bad egg a good egg a tough egg Cheerio, old egg!

  12. 12.

    Senses relating to people.

    A white person considered to be overly infatuated with East Asia.

    可数 贬义 比喻 罕用 不可数
  13. 13.

    Senses relating to people.

    A user of the microblogging service Twitter identified by the default avatar (historically an image of an egg (sense 1.1.1)) rather than a custom image; hence, a newbie or noob.

    可数 过时 贬义 比喻 不可数
  14. 14.

    Senses relating to people.

    A person regarded as having not yet realized they are transgender, who has not yet come out as transgender, or who is in the early stages of transitioning.

    可数 比喻 不可数
  15. 15.

    Senses relating to people.

    A person regarded as having not yet realized they are transgender, who has not yet come out as transgender, or who is in the early stages of transitioning.

    One's lack of awareness that one is transgender.

    友跨顺男

    可数 比喻 不可数 引申义

    to crack someone's egg

  16. 16.

    Senses relating to people.

    A foolish or obnoxious person.

    新西兰 可数 贬义 比喻 不可数

    Shut up, you egg!

  17. 17.

    Senses relating to people.

    A young person.

    可数 贬义 比喻 废旧 不可数
  18. 18.

    Something regarded as containing a (usually bad) thing at an early stage.

    古体 可数 比喻 不可数
  19. 19.

    One of the blocks of data injected into a program's address space for use by certain forms of shellcode, such as "omelettes".

    可数 比喻 不可数 计算机 工程 数学
v.
  1. 1.

    To inadvertently or intentionally distort (the circular cross-section of something, such as tube) to an elliptical or oval shape.

    及物

    After I cut the tubing, I found that I had slightly egged it in the vise.

  2. 2.

    To coat (a food ingredient) with or dip (a food ingredient) in beaten egg (noun sense 1.1.1) during the process of preparing a dish.

    及物 烹饪
  3. 3.

    To collect the eggs (noun sense 1.1) of wild birds.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To conceive a child, especially recklessly.

    方言 不及物 粗俗

    I was out with my girlfriend in Birmingham, when some colorful local told us not to egg.

  5. 5.

    To throw (especially rotten) eggs (noun sense 1.1.1) at (someone or something).

    及物

    The angry demonstrators egged the riot police.

    The students were caught egging the principal’s car as a prank.

  6. 1.

    To encourage, incite, or urge (someone).

    及物

词汇关系

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词源

The noun is derived from Middle English eg, egg, egge (“egg of a domestic or wild fowl; egg of a snake”) [and other forms] (originally Northern England and Northeast Midlands), from Old Norse egg (“egg”), from Proto-Germanic *ajją (“egg”) (by Holtzmann’s law), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), probably from *h₂éwis (“bird”), from *h₂ew- (“to consume”). Doublet of huevo, oeuf, and ovum. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian ai (“egg”), Saterland Frisian Oai (“egg”), West Frisian aai, aei (“egg”), Bavarian Oa (“egg”), Dutch ei (“egg”), German Ei (“egg”), German Low German Ai, Ägg (“egg”), Limburgish ei, Éï (“egg”), Luxembourgish Ee (“egg”), Mòcheno oi (“egg”), Vilamovian e (“egg”), Yiddish איי (ey, “egg”), Danish æg (“egg”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk egg (“egg”), Swedish ägg (“egg”), Crimean Gothic ada (“egg”); also Breton vi (“egg”), Cornish oy (“egg”), Welsh wy (“egg”), Latin ōvum (“egg”), Greek αβγό (avgó), αυγό (avgó, “egg”), Albanian vo (“egg”), Belarusian and Russian яйцо́ (jajcó, “egg”), Bulgarian яйце́ (jajcé, “egg”), Czech vejce (“egg”), Macedonian јајце (jajce, “egg”), Polish jajo (“egg”), Serbo-Croatian ја́јце, jájce (“egg”), Slovak vajce (“egg”), Slovene jájce (“egg”), Ukrainian яйце́ (jajcé, “egg”), Ossetian айк (ajk), айкӕ (ajkæ, “egg”), Armenian ձու (ju, “egg”), Northern Kurdish hêk (“egg”), Southern Kurdish خا (xa, “egg”), Zazaki hak (“egg”), Pashto هګۍ (hagë́y), ويه (wë́ya, “egg”), Persian خاگ (xâg), خایه (xâye, “egg”). The native English ey [and other forms] (plural eyren) (obsolete), from Old English ǣġ, is also derived from Proto-Germanic *ajją. It survived into at least c. 16th century before being fully displaced by egg. The verb is derived from the noun.

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