pig
noun [ C ] uk/pɪɡ/ us/pɪɡ/
(ANIMAL)
A1 (US also hog)猪
a large pink, brown, or black farm animal with short legs and a curved tail, kept for its meat
The meat produced from a pig is called pork, bacon, or ham. 猪提供的肉类食品包括鲜猪肉、熏咸肉或火腿。
a pig farm 养猪场
- More examples
- The main course of the feast was roast suckling pig.
- Loud grunts were coming from the pig sty.
- a pig pen
- a dish of pigs' trotters
- These pigs all have curly tails.
(UNPLEASANT PERSON/THING)
informal令人讨厌的人，难相处的人
a person who is unpleasant and difficult to deal with
He was an absolute pig to her. 对她来说他讨厌至极。
He's a real pig of a man. 他这人真讨厌。
be a pig to do, play, etc. UK informal 做…／演奏…（等等）很难
to be very difficult or unpleasant to do, play, etc.
It's a beautiful piece of music but it's a pig to play. 这支曲子很好听，但演奏起来难度很大。
The plane was a pig to fly.
The software is really useful but it's a pig to set up.
His house is in the middle of nowhere and it's a pig to get to.
When you choose a high chair, remember that some of them are a pig to clean.
(EATS TOO MUCH)
informal贪吃的人
a person who eats too much
You greedy pig! You're not having another biscuit! 你这个贪吃鬼，你不能再吃饼干了！
(POLICE)
offensive警官
a police officer
Idioms
make a pig of yourselfidiom disapproving 吃得过多
to eat too much
They made complete pigs of themselves at the dinner. 他们在晚宴上大吃大喝。
make a pig's ear of somethingidiom UK informal 弄糟，搞砸
to do something badly, wrongly, or awkwardly
He's made a real pig's ear of that bookcase he was supposed to be making. 他把该做的书架搞得不成样子了。
a pig in a pokeidiom 盲目购买（或接受）的东西
something that you buy or accept without first seeing it or finding out if it is good
pigs might flyidiom UK humorous saying (US pigs can fly) 根本不可能的事情;无稽之谈
said when you think that there is no chance at all of something happening
"I'll have finished it by tomorrow." "And pigs might fly!" “明天我就能完成了。”“那才怪呢。”