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单词 gooselike
释义

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
goose /gus/USA pronunciation   n., pl. geese for 1, 2. 4.
  1. Birds[countable] a wild or farm bird, web-footed and able to swim well, larger and with a longer neck and legs than a duck.
  2. Birds[countable] the female of this bird. Compare gander (def. 1).
  3. [uncountable] the flesh of a goose, used as food.
  4. [countable] a silly or foolish person;
    simpleton.
Idioms
  1. Idioms cook someone's goose, [Informal.]to ruin someone's chances or future.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
goose  (go̅o̅s),USA pronunciation n., pl. geese for 1, 2, 4, 8, 9;
goos•es for 5–7;
v., goosed, goos•ing. 

n. 
  1. Birdsany of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, esp. of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
  2. Birdsthe female of this bird, as distinguished from the male, or gander.
  3. the flesh of a goose, used as food.
  4. a silly or foolish person;
    simpleton.
  5. Slang Termsa poke between the buttocks to startle.
  6. Informal Termsanything that energizes, strengthens, or the like:to give the economy a badly needed goose.
  7. a tailor's smoothing iron with a curved handle.
  8. Gamesan obsolete board game played with dice and counters in which a player whose cast falls in a square containing the picture of a goose is allowed to advance double the number of his or her throw.
  9. Informal Terms, Idioms cook someone's goose, to ruin someone's hopes, plans, chances, etc.:His goose was cooked when they found the stolen gems in his pocket.

v.t. 
  1. Slang Termsto poke (a person) between the buttocks to startle.
  2. Informal Terms
    • to prod or urge to action or an emotional reaction:The promise of time off may goose the workers and increase profits.
    • to strengthen or improve (often fol. by up):Let's goose up the stew with some wine.
    • to increase;
      raise (often fol. by up):to goose up government loans in weak industries.
    • to give a spurt of fuel to (a motor) to increase speed.
  • bef. 1000; Middle English gose, goos, Old English gōs (plural gēs); cognate with German Gans, Old Norse gās; compare Sanskrit haṅsa, Greek ché̄n, Latin ānser
gooselike′, adj. 

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