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单词 goosegob
释义

goose /goos/

noun (pl geese /gēs/ or, of a tailor's goose, goosˈes)
  1. Any one of a group of birds of the duck family, intermediate between ducks and swans
  2. A domesticated member of the group, descended mainly from the greylag
  3. The female of such a bird (masc gander)
  4. A tailor's smoothing-iron, from the likeness of the handle to the neck of a goose
  5. A stupid, silly person
  6. A prod in the buttocks (slang)
  7. A game of chance once common in England, in which the players moved counters on a board, with the right to a double move on reaching a picture of a goose (obsolete)
transitive verb (slang)
  1. To hiss off the stage (theatre)
  2. To prod (someone) between the buttocks from behind
  3. To grab or poke (a male) in the genitals from behind
ORIGIN: OE gōs (pl gēs); ON gās, Ger Gans, L anser (for hanser), Gr chēn

goosˈery noun

  1. A place for keeping geese
  2. Stupidity

goosˈey or goosˈy noun

  1. A goose
  2. A blockhead
adjective
  1. Like a goose
  2. Affected with gooseflesh

goose-barnacle see under barnacle1

goose bumps plural noun (informal)

Gooseflesh

gooseˈ-cap noun (obsolete)

A silly person

gooseˈ-club noun (old)

An association for saving to buy geese for Christmas, or to raffle for a goose

gooseˈ-egg noun

  1. The egg of a goose
  2. A swelling on the head due to an injury (N American)
  3. A zero score (US)

gooseˈ-fish noun (US)

The angler-fish

gooseˈflesh noun

  1. A knobbly, pimply condition of the skin, like that of a plucked goose or other fowl, due to erection of hairs through cold, horror, etc
  2. The bristling feeling in the skin caused by this condition

gooseˈ-flower noun

The pelican-flower, a gigantic species of the genus Aristolochia

gooseˈfoot noun (pl gooseˈfoots)

  1. Any plant of the genus Chenopodium of the beet family, so named because of the shape of the leaf
  2. Also applied to any member of the family Chenopodiaceae

gooseˈ-girl noun

A girl who herds geese

goosegog, goosegob see under gooseberry

gooseˈ-grass noun

  1. Cleavers, a Eurasian plant (Galium aparine) with a bristly stem and fruits that cling to clothes, etc
  2. Silverweed

gooseˈherd noun

A person who herds geese

gooseˈ-neck noun

A hook, bracket, pipe, etc bent like a goose's neck

gooseˈ-pimples plural noun

Gooseflesh

gooseˈ-quill noun

One of the quills or large wing feathers of a goose, esp one used as a pen

gooseˈ-skin noun

Gooseflesh, horripilation

goose step noun (military)

A method of marching (resembling a goose's walk) with knees stiff and soles brought flat on the ground

gooseˈ-step intransitive verb (gooseˈ-stepping; gooseˈ-stepped).

gooseˈ-wing noun (nautical)

One of the clews or lower corners of a ship's mainsail or foresail when the middle part is furled or tied up to the yard

gooseˈ-winged adjective (nautical)

  1. Having only one clew set
  2. In fore-and-aft rigged vessels, having the mainsail on one side and the foresail on the other, so as to sail wing-and-wing

the goose that lays the golden eggs see golden goose under golden

gooseberry /gŭzˈbə-ri or gŭsˈ/

noun
  1. The small oval fruit (usu green) of the gooseˈberry-bush (Ribes grossularia), a prickly shrub of the family Grossulariaceae
  2. A fermented effervescing drink (in full gooseˈberry-wine) made from gooseberries
  3. An imitation champagne (joc)
  4. An unwanted third person in the company of a couple or group of couples, esp in the phrase play gooseberry
ORIGIN: Perh goose and berry1; or goose may be from MHGer krus (Gr kraus crisp, curled); cf OFr groisele, grosele gooseberry, Scot grossart

gooseˈberry-caterpillar noun

A creamy looper with orange spots and black dots, feeding on gooseberry leaves, the larva of the gooseˈberry-moth or magpie moth (Abraxas grossulariata), a yellow-bodied moth with black-spotted white wings

gooseberry-foolˈ see fool2

gooseˈberry-stone noun

Grossular, a mineral of the garnet group

gooseˈgog or gooseˈgob noun (informal and dialect)

A gooseberry

Cape gooseberry or gooseberry tomato see under cape2

Chinese gooseberry

A subtropical vine (Actinidia chinensis) with brown, hairy, edible fruit, the kiwi fruit

Coromandel gooseberry

Carambola (qv)
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