单词 | goose |
释义 | goose (once / 350 pages) 1n 2n 3v WORD FAMILY goose: geese, goosed, gooselike, gooses, goosey, goosing, goosy, gosling+/gosling: goslings USAGE EXAMPLESWells opened up millions of accounts without the permission of its customers, just to goose internal numbers. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) His eyes scan the sky for ducks and geese. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) These measures are likely to further goose the economy, at least in the near term. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) 1 1n web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks Hypo|Hyper gosling young goose gandermature male goose Anser cygnoides, Chinese goosevery large wild goose of northeast Asia; interbreeds freely with the greylag Anser anser, graylag, graylag goose, greylag, greylag goosecommon grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds Chen caerulescens, blue gooseNorth American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter brant, brant goose, brent, brent goosesmall dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward Branta canadensis, Canada goose, Canadian goose, honkercommon greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call Branta leucopsis, barnacle, barnacle gooseEuropean goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north snow gooseblue goose in the white color phase Branta bernicla, common brant goosethe best known variety of brant goose anseriform bird chiefly web-footed swimming birds 2n flesh of a goose (domestic or wild) 2Hyper poultry flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food n a man who is a stupid incompetent fool 3Syn|Hyper bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, twat, zany fool, muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool a person who lacks good judgment 1v pinch in the buttocks he goosed the unsuspecting girl Hyper nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch squeeze tightly between the fingers 2v give a spurt of fuel to goose the car Hyper pump operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal 3v prod into action Hyper egg on, incite, prod urge on; cause to act |
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