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• n. 蛋；卵；蛋形物
• vt. 用蛋覆盖；向 ... 扔蛋
• vt. 怂恿；煽动

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]卵,蛋

   oval object from which young are hatched, laid by birds, reptiles, insects, etc. and usually covered by a thin hard shell

2. [U]蛋,鸡蛋

   this, especially from a hen, used as food

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 蛋，鸡蛋，禽蛋
2. 卵，卵细胞
3. <口>人，家伙
4. 卵形物
5. 炸弹，手榴弹，鱼雷
6. 没有意思的玩笑
7. 拙劣的表演
8. 胎
9. 妇女和雌性动物

v. 动词

1. 用蛋黄调拌，用蛋黄搀和
2. 鼓动，鼓励
3. 用蛋制作（食物）
4. <口>向…掷鸡蛋
5. 指使，煽动，怂恿，挑唆
6. 用蛋覆盖

英英释义

Noun:

1. animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds

2. oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

3. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens;

   "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
   

Verb:

1. throw eggs at

2. coat with beaten egg;

   "egg a schnitzel"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The egg nestled in the long grass.
   蛋隐藏在高草中。
2. The black hen lays an egg a day.
   那只黑母鸡每天生一个蛋。
3. The tadpole hatches from the egg.
   蝌蚪从卵中孵化出来。
4. The egg hatches into a larva (caterpillar).
   卵孵化成了幼虫（毛虫）。
5. You start your life in an egg like this.
   你的生命从这样的一个卵开始。
6. Chocolate egg is traditionally eat on Easter day.
   人们按传统吃巧克力彩蛋庆祝复活节。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Egg mayonnaise is made with mayonnaise and hard-boiled eggs.
   鸡蛋美乃滋是用蛋黄酱和煮老的鸡蛋做成的。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Don't let him egg you on--you shouldn't take any notice of him.
   别听他煽动，你根本就不要去理睬他。
2. Don't egg him on to play a trick on others.
   不要怂恿他捉弄别人。
3. Why do you egg him on to do what you won't do yourself?
   你自己不干,为什么撺掇他呢?

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The blackbird's nest contained four eggs.
   黑鹂巢里有四个蛋。
2. The hen laid a large brown egg.
   这只母鸡下了一个大红皮鸡蛋。
3. Birds come from eggs.
   鸟是卵生动物。
4. Fish lay eggs.
   鱼产卵。
5. He went to the store to get a dozen eggs.
   他到店里去买了一打鸡蛋。
6. You've got egg all down your tie.
   你把鸡蛋都弄到领带上去了。
7. He spilled a bit of egg on his shoe.
   他溅了一点蛋在他的鞋上。

经典引文

• They are up already and call for eggs and butter.

  出自：1 Henry IV , Shakespeare

• I egged him on...It wasn't his fault.

  出自： B. Bainbridge

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

bad egg

失败的计划 failed plan

bread the egg in sb's pocket

打破某人的(计划) break sb's plan

good egg

〈口〉好人 good man

goose egg

(体育比赛或考试成绩)零分 zero

have egg on one's face

出丑,丢脸 lose face

kill the goose that laid the golden egg

贪婪过度,弄坏好事 be too greedy to do sth

lay an egg

不受听众欢迎,完全失败 be not population, fail completely

put〔have〕 all one's eggs in one basket

孤注一掷 stake all on a single attempt

teach one's grandmother to such eggs

班门弄斧 show off to the teacher

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• beat an egg 打鸡蛋,搅鸡蛋
• boil an egg 煮鸡蛋
• break an egg 打碎鸡蛋
• break the eggs in sb's pocket 打破某人的计划
• candle eggs 对光检查蛋是否新鲜
• cook an egg 煮鸡蛋
• eat an egg 吃鸡蛋
• fry an egg 炸鸡蛋
• have all one's eggs in one basket 孤注一掷
• have egg on one's face 丢脸,出丑
• lay an egg 下蛋
• place an egg 放鸡蛋
• produce eggs 下蛋,产蛋
• put all one's eggs in one basket 孤注一掷

形容词+～

• a dozen eggs 一打鸡蛋
• bad egg 坏蛋,坏家伙,失败的计划
• big egg 大鸡蛋
• brown egg 红皮蛋
• fresh egg 鲜蛋

名词+～

• bird's egg 鸟蛋
• duck egg 鸭蛋
• Easter egg 复活节彩蛋
• Scotch eggs 苏格兰蛋

～+名词

• egg whites 蛋白

介词+～

• in the egg 尚在初期的,未成熟的

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. egg的基本意思是“蛋,卵”,指鸟类、爬行动物、昆虫等产的卵,作此解时,是可数名词,当egg泛指“蛋”“卵”时,常用复数形式。
2. egg还可作“蛋”“鸡蛋”解,指用作食物的蛋,即打开壳供烹调用的蛋,是不可数名词,可用a bit of egg表示“一点蛋” 。
3. 在科技术语中egg可指卵细胞。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 小鸡是从蛋里孵化出来的。

   误 Chicken are hatched from egg.

   正 Chicken are hatched from eggs.

   析 当egg泛指“蛋”时,一定要用复数形式。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪中期进入英语，直接源自中古英语的eggs；最初源自古挪威语的egg，意为蛋。

近反义词

【近义词】

• ovum 卵
• urge 驱策
• incite 煽动
• reproductive cell 生殖细胞
• egg cell 卵细胞
• ovule 胚珠
• spur 支脉
• drive 开车
• encourage 鼓励
• push 推
• egg on 怂恿某人
• pressure 压强
• stir 激起
• agitate 煽动
• provoke 激怒
• embryo 胚胎
• arouse 叫醒
• bollock 睾丸
• ball 球
• eggs 蛋
• ballock 睾丸
• orchis 红门兰
• testis 睾丸
• nut 坚果
• testicle 睾丸