| 单词 | goose egg |
| 释义 | goose egg in American English Slang 1. US zero or a score of zero 2. a large swelling or lump, esp. one caused by a blow goose egg in American Englishnoun informal 1. the numeral zero, often used to indicate the failure of a team to score in a game or unit of a game a pitchers' duel, with nothing but goose eggs on the scoreboard 2. a lump raised by a blow, esp. on the head Word origin [1350–1400; 1885–90, Amer., for def. 1; ME: the egg of a goose]This word is first recorded in the period 1350–1400. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: drag, index, kick, register, trainExamples of 'goose egg' in a sentence |
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