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单词 hog
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hog

noun
/hɒɡ/
/hɔːɡ/
 Idioms
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  1. (especially North American English) a pig, especially one that is kept and made fat for eatingTopics Animalsc2
  2. (British English) a male pig that has been castrated (= had part of its sex organs removed) and is kept for its meat compare boar, sow2Topics Animalsc2
    3. see also road hog, warthog
    Word Originlate Old English hogg, hocg, perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Welsh hwch and Cornish hoch ‘pig, sow’.
Idioms
go the whole hog
  1. (informal) to do something completely or to the highest degree

hog

verb
/hɒɡ/
/hɔːɡ/
(informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hog
/hɒɡ/
/hɔːɡ/
he / she / it hogs
/hɒɡz/
/hɔːɡz/
past simple hogged
/hɒɡd/
/hɔːɡd/
past participle hogged
/hɒɡd/
/hɔːɡd/
-ing form hogging
/ˈhɒɡɪŋ/
/ˈhɔːɡɪŋ/
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  1. hog something to use or keep most of something yourself and stop others from using or having it
    • to hog the road (= to drive so that other vehicles cannot pass)
    • to hog the bathroom (= to spend a long time in it so that others cannot use it)
    • She preferred to keep in the background rather than hogging the limelight.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHog is used with these nouns as the object:
    • bathroom
    • headline
    • limelight
    • …
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    Word Originlate Old English hogg, hocg, perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Welsh hwch and Cornish hoch ‘pig, sow’.
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