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单词 gouge
释义
gouge1 verbgouge2 noun
gougegouge1 /ɡaʊdʒ/ verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
gouge
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theygouge
he, she, itgouges
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theygouged
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave gouged
he, she, ithas gouged
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad gouged
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill gouge
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have gouged
Continuous Form
PresentIam gouging
he, she, itis gouging
you, we, theyare gouging
PastI, he, she, itwas gouging
you, we, theywere gouging
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been gouging
he, she, ithas been gouging
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been gouging
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be gouging
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been gouging
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Bombs from the B-52s gouged huge craters in the downtown area.
  • Hotels are ready to gouge Olympic visitors by raising room prices.
  • In the play he tries to gouge out his own eyes.
  • The blade gouged a deep wound in her leg.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A metal object was used to gouge a deep wound in the animal's forehead.
  • Both were known for gouging the public and giving inferior service.
  • But some lawmakers who also testified accused the banks of gouging customers.
  • For a few moments he stood very still, imagining himself kicking and gouging.
  • He must have been gouging for half an hour when an idea seemed to strike him.
  • Juanito screamed, falling, hands gouging for Trent's throat.
  • She watched his fingers gouging into the smooth, stinking mud, the bottom.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto remove something by cutting
to cut part of something away from the rest of it: cut off something: · Cut off the stalks of the broccoli.cut something off: · She took the cheese and cut a big piece off.
to cut something off by hitting it hard or cutting it with a sharp tool: chop off something: · Chop off the tops of the carrots.chop something off: · Careful you don't chop your fingers off!
to quickly remove something using scissors: snip something off/snip off something: · Snip the ends of the beans off before you cook them.· After the plant finishes blooming, snip off the dead flowers.
to cut a part of something off, especially a branch of a tree: lop off something/lop something off: · Workmen have lopped off some of the branches in an effort to save the tree.
to cut off someone's arm, leg, or foot as a medical operation: · He damaged his leg so badly that it had to be amputated.
to cut off a part of someone's body in an accident or an attack: · The victim's head had been severed in the accident.
to remove someone's eyes with a pointed weapon or object: gouge somebody's eyes out/gouge out somebody's eyes: · McLaren accused Roberts of trying to gouge his eyes out during the fight.
to make a hole in the ground or surface of something
to make a space by removing the inside part of something: hollow out something/hollow something out: · Carefully hollow out the pineapple and then fill it with the ice-cream.
British to make a hole in the ground using a tool that is made for digging: · To plant the tree you need to dig out a hole about 20 cm wide and 30 cm deep.· The workmen were already digging out the foundations for the building.
to make a deep cut in a surface, using something sharp, especially in order to remove something: · The blade gouged a deep wound in her leg.gouge out something/gouge something out (=remove something by violently cutting a hole): · In the play he tries to gouge out his own eyes.
to make a very small hole in something, especially accidentally, using something pointed such as a pin: · A small bead of blood formed where she had pricked her finger.· Prick the potatoes before baking them.
to make a narrow hole in something using a tool that turns round and round very quickly: · I heard the dentist start drilling, but I couldn't feel anything.drill for oil/water/gas etc: · Oil companies still drill for oil off Santa Barbara.drill into: · It sounds like someone's drilling into the wall.
to make a hole in a hard surface such as rock or the ground using a lot of pressure, especially in order to find or remove minerals, coal etc: · The mining company bored a 5000 foot hole.· The machine they used to bore the tunnel is the size of a two storey house.bore into/through: · They had to bore through solid rock.
to accidentally hit the surface of something, especially something metal, so that part of the surface is bent or slightly lower than the rest: · He accidentally dented the garage door, trying to reverse in.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· She concentrated on her potato, gouging out its deep black eye with the serrated tip of her knife.· He told us it was for gouging out guerrilla eyes.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • McLaren accused Roberts of trying to gouge his eyes out during the fight.
  • I just wanted to gouge his eyes out.
to make a deep hole or cut in the surface of something:  He took a knife and gouged a hole in the bottom of the boat.gouge something ↔ out phrasal verb1to form a hole, space etc by digging into a surface and removing material, or to remove material by digginggouge out of A rough road had been gouged out of the rock. Every week 30,000 tonnes of slate are gouged out of the mountains.2gouge somebody’s eyes out to remove someone’s eyes with a pointed weapon
gouge1 verbgouge2 noun
gougegouge2 noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINgouge2
Origin:
1400-1500 French, Late Latin gulbia
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A gouge in environment is likely to attract future gouges.
  • Cogelow gouges don't conform to any of the standard shapes or numbering systems.
  • He tinkered with infinity and the impossible with a burin and a gouge.
  • He used small gouges to carve little tufts of fur with long, controlled strokes, following the marked lines.
  • To shape the generous indentation, the wood was taken out gradually with a deep oval gouge.
a hole or cut made in something, usually by a sharp tool or weapon
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