英语词汇“goad”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	goad
释义	goad I. \ˈgōd\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English gode, from Old English gād goad, arrowhead, spear point; akin to Langobardic gaida spear, Old High German Gaido, a personal name, Old Norse gedda pike (fish), Sanskrit hinvati, hinoti he urges on, throws 1. : a rod pointed at one end or fitted with a spike and used to urge on an animal — see oxgoad 2. a. : something that wounds or pricks like a goad : sting, thorn < French forts and … armies so near us will be everlasting goads in our sides — Benjamin Franklin > b. : something that urges or stimulates like a goad : spur, stimulus < insecurity, considered by some management people as the indispensable goad for workers' efficiency — Dun's Review > Synonyms: see motive II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. : to drive with a goad or some other pointed instrument < bound them to the plow and goaded them onward with his lance — Charles Kingsley > 2. : to drive, incite, or rouse as if with a goad < his editorials were so skillfully written that he often goaded the opposition to madness — W.E.Smith > < knows what it is like to be goaded by technical problems into achieving new insights — J.L.Stewart > Synonyms: see urge
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