pig
noun /pɪɡ/
/pɪɡ/
Idioms - (also hog especially in North American English)an animal with pink, black or brown skin, short legs, a broad nose and a short curly tail. Pigs are kept on farms for their meat (called pork) or live in the wild.
猪 - a pig farmer
养猪的农民 - Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard.
猪在院子里哼哼地叫个不停。 - to breed/rear pigs
养猪/养猪
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- domestic
- feral
- wild
- …
- breed
- keep
- raise
- …
- grunt
- squeal
- farm
- farmer
- a pig farmer
- (informal, disapproving) an unpleasant or offensive person; a person who is dirty or greedy
令人不快（或讨厌）的人；贪婪（或肮脏）的人 - Arrogant pig!
傲慢的家伙！ - Don't be such a pig!
别那么讨厌嘛！ - The greedy pig's eaten all the biscuits!
那个馋猫把饼干都吃光了！ - She made a pig of herself with the ice cream (= ate too much).
她大吃了一通冰淇淋。 - He's a real male chauvinist pig (= a man who does not think women are equal to men).
他是个彻头彻尾的大男子主义者。 - We cooked up a load of pasta and all made pigs of ourselves.
我们做了许多意大利面食，每个人都吃了很多。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fat
- disgusting
- greedy
- …
- make a pig of yourself
- Arrogant pig!
- (slang) an offensive word for a police officer
（对警察的蔑称）
词源Middle English: probably from the first element of Old English picbrēd ‘acorn’, literally ‘pig bread’ (i.e. food for pigs).
Idioms
make a pig’s ear (out) of something
- (British English, informal) to do something badly; to make a mess of something
把事情办砸；弄得一团糟
(buy) a pig in a poke
- if you buy a pig in a poke, you buy something without seeing it or knowing if it is good enough
（买）未看过的东西；（买）不知优劣的东西 - Buying from a catalogue can mean buying a pig in a poke.
从目录中购买可能意味着一次购买一头猪。
- Buying from a catalogue can mean buying a pig in a poke.
a pig of a something
- (British English, informal) a difficult or unpleasant thing or task
挠头的事；烦人的事；苦差 - I've had a pig of a day.
我这一天倒霉透了。
- I've had a pig of a day.
pigs might fly (British English)
(North American English when pigs fly)
- (ironic, saying) used to show that you do not believe something will ever happen
（表示不相信某事会发生）太阳从西出 - ‘With a bit of luck, we'll be finished by the end of the year.’ ‘Yes, and pigs might fly!’
“运气不错的话，我们年底就能完成。” “是啊，太阳能打西边出嘛！”
- ‘With a bit of luck, we'll be finished by the end of the year.’ ‘Yes, and pigs might fly!’