egg
noun /eɡ/
/eɡ/
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(鸟类的)蛋;(鱼、昆虫等的)卵 - The female sits on the eggs until they hatch.
雌鸟伏在蛋上直到其孵化。 - The fish lay thousands of eggs at one time.
这种鱼一次产卵数千个。 - crocodile eggs
鳄鱼蛋
Collocations The living worldThe living world Animals生物界 动物 - animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on something)
动物交配/繁育/繁殖/以…为食 - fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
鱼/两栖动物游动/产卵 - birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
鸟飞翔/迁徙/筑巢/啼叫 - insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
昆虫爬/飞/咬/叮 - insects/bees/locusts swarm
昆虫/蜜蜂/蝗虫成群地飞来飞去 - bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
蜜蜂采蜜/花粉 - spiders spin/weave a web
蜘蛛结网/织网 - snakes/lizards shed their skins
蛇/蜥蜴蜕皮 - bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
熊/刺猬/青蛙冬眠 - insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
昆虫的幼虫生长/发育/化蛹 - an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
卵孵化;小鸡出壳;幼虫孵出 - attract/find/choose a mate
吸引/找到/选择配偶 - produce/release eggs/sperm
产卵;排卵;产生/释放精子 - lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
产卵;使卵受精;孵卵 - inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
栖居于森林/礁石/海岸 - mark/enter/defend (a) territory
标出/进入/保卫领地 - stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
悄悄接近/猎杀/捕获/杀死猎物
植物和真菌 - trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
树木/植物生长/开花 - a seed germinates/sprouts
种子发芽 - leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
叶子/花蕾/根茎/幼苗长出来/长大/成形 - flower buds swell/open
花蕾含苞欲放/绽放 - a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes something
菌类生长/扩散/长满… - pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
给花/植物授粉 - produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
长出/传播花粉/种子/孢子 - produce/bear fruit
结果 - develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
长出根茎/嫩芽/叶子 - provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
提供/吸收/提取/释放营养物 - perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
进行/增加/减少光合作用
细菌和病毒 - bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
细菌/微生物/病毒生长/扩散/繁殖 - bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on something
细菌/微生物在…中存活/大量生长 - bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize something/cause disease
细菌/微生物/病毒进化/长满…/引发疾病 - bacteria break something down/convert something (into something)
细菌(将某物)分解/转化(成某物) - a virus enters/invades something/the body
病毒进入/侵入某物/身体 - a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
病毒变异/演化/(自我)复制 - be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
感染上/接触到一种新病毒/抗药性细菌 - contain/carry/harbour bacteria/a virus
带有细菌/病毒 - kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria
杀灭有害的/致命的细菌
Topics Insects, worms, etc.a1, Fish and shellfisha1, Birdsa1- Many reptiles bury their eggs.
许多爬行动物把它们下的蛋掩埋起来。 - She lays a clutch of four eggs on average.
这只雌鸟平均一窝下四只蛋。 - The males stay and guard the eggs.
雄性动物留下来看护这些蛋。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- bad
- rotten
- …
- clutch
- box
- carton
- …
- lay
- produce
- deposit
- …
- hatch
- break
- crack
- …
- shell
- white
- yolk
- …
- the white of an egg
- the yolk of an egg
- bacon and eggs
- …
- The female sits on the eggs until they hatch.
(用作食物的)禽蛋;(尤指)鸡蛋 - a boiled egg
煮蛋 - bacon and eggs
熏肉加煎蛋 - fried/poached/scrambled eggs
煎蛋;荷包蛋;炒蛋 - Bind the mixture together with a little beaten egg.
用少许打匀的蛋液将混合料搅拌在一起。 - You've got some egg on your shirt.
你的衬衣上沾了些蛋。 - egg yolks/whites
蛋黄;蛋白 - egg noodles
鸡蛋面 - hen's/duck/quail eggs
鸡蛋/鸭蛋/鹌鹑蛋 - a chocolate egg (= made from chocolate in the shape of an egg)
巧克力蛋
Topics Fooda1- Crack two eggs into the mixture.
打两只蛋到混合料中。 - Separate the eggs, putting the whites to one side.
把蛋分开,蛋清拨到一边。 - We're just decorating eggs for the egg hunt.
我们正在为彩蛋搜寻活动画彩蛋。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- bad
- rotten
- …
- clutch
- box
- carton
- …
- lay
- produce
- deposit
- …
- hatch
- break
- crack
- …
- shell
- white
- yolk
- …
- the white of an egg
- the yolk of an egg
- bacon and eggs
- …
- a boiled egg
- [countable] (in women and female animals
) a cell that combines with a sperm to create a baby or young animal妇女和雌性动物 synonym ovum卵子;卵细胞 - The male sperm fertilizes the female egg.
雄性的精子使雌性的卵子受精。 - an egg donor
卵子捐献者 - Many women conceive through the use of a donor egg.
很多女性使用捐赠的卵子怀孕。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fertilized
- unfertilized
- donor
- …
- fertilize
- produce
- release
- …
- donor
- donation
- removal
- …
- the nucleus of an egg
see also garden egg, goose egg, nest egg - The male sperm fertilizes the female egg.
词源noun Middle English (superseding earlier ey, from Old English ǣg): from Old Norse.
Idioms
a chicken-and-egg situation, problem, etc.
- a situation in which it is difficult to tell which one of two things was the cause of the other
鸡与蛋孰先难定的情况;因果难定的问题
the/a curate’s egg
- (British English) something that has some good parts and some bad ones
好坏兼有之物;瑕瑜互见之物 - Their investment plan shows the familiar curate's egg pattern of some bits doing well and others doing badly.
他们的投资计划显示了人们熟悉的副牧师的鸡蛋模式,即有些人做得好,有些人做得不好。
CultureThe phrase comes from a cartoon in the British magazine Punch in 1895, in which a nervous young curate is having breakfast with a bishop. The bishop says 'I'm afraid you've got a bad egg there' and the curate, not wanting to upset the bishop, replies, 'Oh no, my Lord! … Parts of it are excellent!’ - Their investment plan shows the familiar curate's egg pattern of some bits doing well and others doing badly.
a good/bad egg
- (old-fashioned, informal) a person who you know will behave well/badly
好人;正人君子
have/be left with egg on/all over your face
- (informal) to be made to look stupid
使显得愚蠢;出丑;丢脸 - They were left with egg on their faces when only ten people showed up.
只有十人到场,他们感到很丢面子。
- They were left with egg on their faces when only ten people showed up.
kill the goose that lays the golden egg/eggs
- (saying) to destroy something that would make you rich, successful, etc.
Topics Difficulty and failurec2杀鸡取卵;竭泽而渔;自绝财源
put all your eggs in one basket
- to rely on one particular course of action for success rather than giving yourself several different possibilities
寄希望于一件事情上 - I’ve applied for several jobs. I don’t want to put all my eggs in one basket.
我已经申请了几份工作。我不想孤注一掷。
- I’ve applied for several jobs. I don’t want to put all my eggs in one basket.
(as) sure as eggs is eggs
- (old-fashioned, British English, informal) used to say that something is definitely true
千真万确;的的确确
teach your grandmother to suck eggs
- (British English, informal) to tell or show somebody how to do something that they can already do well, and probably better than you can
教奶奶嘬鸡蛋;在能人面前逞强;班门弄斧
you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs
- (saying) you cannot achieve something important without causing a few small problems
Topics Successc2不打破鸡蛋就做不成蛋饼;不花代价就难成大事