poached
past simple and past participle ofpoach
| 单词 | poached |
| 释义 | poached past simple and past participle ofpoach poach verb uk/pəʊtʃ/us/poʊtʃ/poachverb(COOK)[T] tocooksomething such as afish, or aneggwithitsshellremoved, by putting it ingentlyboilingwateror otherliquid: We had poachedeggsforbreakfast. Do you likepearspoached inredwine? Preparing food using heat
poachverb(TAKE)[IorT] tocatchandkillanimalswithoutpermissionon someone else'sland: Thefarmerclaimedthat heshotthe men because they were poaching on hisland. [T] to take and use for yourselfunfairlyordishonestlysomething, usually anidea, thatbelongsto someoneelse: Jeff always poaches myideas, and thenpretendsthat they're his own. [T]disapproving topersuadesomeone whoworksfor someoneelseto come andworkfor you: They werefuriouswhen one oftheirbestmanagerswas poached by anothercompany. Stealing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Hunting & fishing Applying for a job Examplesofpoachedpoached In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The public, who supported the ban, knew that ivory came frompoachedelephants because the sale of ivory was illegal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We understandably felt some animosity when theypoachedour foster carers, as we saw it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The main buyers ofpoachedsalmon are hoteliers and fishmongers, who buy it cheap and so make bigger profits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Over the course of two days, 2,000 salmon werepoachedwith the use of speedboats and taken to private dwellings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Tame pheasants, for instance, could be stupified andpoachedperfectly easily because you could put them in a bag and take them away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not also slightly offensive to them to suggest that they can bepoachedlike pheasants? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Key workers are beingpoachedby rivals offering higher wages, fuelling the wages spiral, increasing costs and reducing competitiveness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A person can be prosecuted if he knows, or has reason to believe, that the venison waspoached. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If a common poacher were caught poaching, the courts would take off him the means by which hepoached. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Incidentally, a good many sheep also arepoached. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not only the loss of the actual fish which arepoached. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be game that has beenpoachedin order to get a high price. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he keep in mind the vexed question of cheap, and in many casespoached, imports that are still causing enormous problems for the industry? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This defendant must have believed or ought to have believed in all those circumstances that these fish werepoached. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These are not thepoachedsalmon: these are salmon from one of those netting companies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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