Poach

[pəʊtʃ] or [potʃ]

解释:

(verb.) cook in a simmering liquid; 'poached apricots'.

(verb.) hunt illegally; 'people are poaching elephants for their ivory'.

整理:莱缪尔--From WordNet

解释:

(v. & n.) To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.

(v. & n.) To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder.

(v. i.) To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon.

(v. t.) To stab; to pierce; to spear, \as fish.

(v. t.) To force, drive, or plunge into anything.

(v. t.) To make soft or muddy by trampling

(v. t.) To begin and not complete.

(v. i.) To become soft or muddy.

手打:玛吉

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Cook slightly (as eggs).[2]. Steal, filch, purloin, pilfer, CABBAGE, BOB, plunder by stealth.

v. n. Steal game.

编辑:奥尔加

解释:

v.t. to stab: poke: to tread on and make slushy.—n. Poach′iness.—adj. Poach′y wet and soft.

v.t. to dress eggs by breaking them into boiling water.

v.i. to intrude on another's preserves in order to steal game.—v.t. to steal game.—ns. Poach′er one who poaches or steals game: the widgeon from its habit of stealing the prey of other ducks; Poach′ing.

校对:凯特