poach

英 [pəʊtʃ] 美 [poʊtʃ]

• vt. (侵入他人地界)偷猎(或捕鱼)；水煮；侵占；挖走

英英释义

Verb:

1. hunt illegally;

   "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"
   

2. cook in a simmering liquid;

   "poached apricots"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. They cannot poach for herring form our waters.
   他们不可以在我国海域捕捞鲱鱼。
2. Fred was caught poaching hares.
   弗雷德因偷猎野兔被捉.
3. When the water boils, drop the asparagus to poach.
   水开后,投入芦笋煮熟。
4. Rival salesmen were poaching on his territory.
   这些推销员是竞争对手，却跑到他的地盘来兜生意。
5. A rival firm poached our best computer programmers.
   我公司的竞争对手把我们最好的计算机程序编制员挖走了。

经典引文

• The politician feels..he is poaching on the preserves of the geographer.

  出自： M. E. G. Duff

词汇搭配

• poach for 偷猎
• poach upon 侵入…偷猎
• poach on 侵入…偷猎
• poach on someone's preserves 侵犯某人的利益...

近反义词

【近义词】

• steal 偷
• thieve 偷
• rustle 发出沙沙声
• pilfer 盗
• plunder 掠夺
• rob 抢劫
• simmer 炖
• boil 沸腾
• steam 蒸汽
• braise 蒸