| 单词 | hog |
| 释义 | hog (once / 685 pages) 1nv 2n A hog is a pig that's kept on a farm. You can also use the word as a verb, like when you act like a greedy hog. Try not to hog the pie, and stick to your allotted portion. Though the primary definition of a hog is "domesticated pig," it sometimes refers to wild swine, including feral pigs and warthogs. Hogs are fairly intelligent and social animals, and some of their tendencies are dog-like, including wagging their tails to express pleasure. If your brother shoves cake in his mouth, you might call him a hog, or say, "Hey, don't hog the cake!" Hog originally referred to a one year old pig, but also a horse or sheep of a similar age. "Huckleberry Finn" contains the first known use of hog as a verb meaning "consume greedily." WORD FAMILYhog: hogged, hogging, hogs USAGE EXAMPLESNow, they raise grass-fed cattle, pastured poultry and pastured hogs. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Smithfield buys about 150 million bushels of corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum per year to feed its 16 million hogs, according to a Smithfield spokeswomen. Reuters(Dec 30, 2016) Her farm, which raises and fattens the rare American mulefoot hogs for slaughter, is essential to their survival, she believes. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n domestic swine Syn|Hypo|Hyper Sus scrofa, grunter, pig, squealer porker a pig fattened to provide meat swine stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals 2n a person regarded as greedy and pig-like Syn|Hyper pig selfish person a person who is unusually selfish 3v take greedily; take more than one's share 2Hyper grab, snaffle, snap up get hold of or seize quickly and easily n a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared Syn|Hyper hogg, hogget lamb young sheep |
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