hog
noun[C]
uk/hɒɡ/us/hɑːɡ/hognoun[C](ANIMAL)
US
apig,especiallyone that isallowedtogrowlargeso that it can beeaten
（尤指供食用的）猪
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UK
amalepigwithitssexualorgansremoved,keptforitsmeat
（供食用的）阉猪Compare
boar
sow
Pigs
- boar
- pig
- piggy
- piglet
- porcine
- porker
- sow
- swine
- warthog
- wild boar
hognoun[C](PERSON)
informaldisapproving
someone whotakesmuch more than afairshareof something,especiallybyeatingtoo much:
贪吃的人；贪婪的人You'veeatenit all? You hog!你全吃光了？你这头猪！
Greedy
- avarice
- avaricious
- avariciously
- consumerism
- grabby
- grasping
- greed
- greedily
- greediness
- materialism
- materialist
- materialistic
- money grabber
- money-grubber
- rapaciousness
- rapacity
- ravenous
- ravenously
- someone'seyes are bigger thantheirbelly/stomachidiom
- trougher
Idiom
go hog wild
hog
verb[T]
informaluk/hɒɡ/us/hɑːɡ/-gg-to take or use more thanyourshareof something:
贪心攫取He's always hogging thebathroom(=spendingtoo muchtimein thebathroom, so that no oneelsecan use it).他总是没完没了地占着浴室。
Keeping and storing things
- appropriate
- aside
- bank
- bogart
- capacitance
- capture
- cling
- dump
- lay
- laysomethingaside
- laysomethingdown
- laysomethingin
- maintain
- packsomethingaway
- reserve
- stockpile
- stockpiling
- storage
- store
- storesomethingup
Idiom
hog the road