| 释义 |
poach2 /pōch/ intransitive verb- To intrude on another person's land in order to pursue or kill game, or on another person's fishing to catch fish
- To encroach on another's rights, profits, area of influence, etc, or on a partner's place or part in a game
- To lurk around the opposing team's penalty area in the hope of scoring an opportunist goal (football)
- To seek an unfair advantage
- (Shakespeare potche) to thrust
- To trample in mud
- To become trampled and muddy
transitive verb- To take illegally on another's ground or in another's fishing
- To seek or take game or fish illegally on
- To take in unfair encroachment
- To poke or thrust (dialect)
- To stir up (dialect)
- To trample into holes and mud
ORIGIN: A form of poke1 or from OFr pocher to poke poachˈer noun poachˈiness noun poachˈing noun poachˈy adjective Spongy and sodden |