goat

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ɡəʊt/|/ɡəwt/    /ɡoʊt/|[ɡoʊʔt̚]|/ɡəʉt/|[ɡəʉt]|[ɡɐʉt]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any ruminant of the genus Capra. countable,uncountable
    — The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of GOAT (“greatest of all time”). abbreviation,acronym,alt-of
  3. Alternative form of gote (“sluice, waterway”). alt-of,alternative,obsolete,possibly
    — ... the present new Sluice or Goat (as they call it) at the end of Hamorebeck, at its fall into Boston Haven, taking up the foundation of the old Goat, they met with the roots of Trees, many of them issuing from their several[…]
  4. Any ruminant of the genus Capra.; The meat of these animals. uncountable
    — Hungrily, by firelight, we set to with damper and cold goat washed down by hot tea.
  5. A lecherous man. countable,slang,uncountable
  6. A scapegoat. countable,informal,uncountable
    — Fernando Rodney, the goat in Sunday's 10th inning loss to Tampa Bay, threw three nearly perfect innings in relief on Tuesday after being demoted from the closer role.
  7. A Pontiac GTO car. countable,slang,uncountable
  8. A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep. countable,uncountable
  9. A fool, loser, or object of ridicule. countable,uncountable
    — Samaurez said over his shoulder, “In fact, I missed being the class goat by only three places.” Gwen patted his arm, “But, look H-Two, George Pickett was the goat and see how famous he became.”
  10. A blocker who is isolated behind the opposing team's blockers, so as to slow down the pack. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To allow goats to feed on. transitive
    — Rape and clover has yielded 283 sheep days of pasture, practically dry weather […] For the coming year it is planned to goat this area continuously
  2. To scapegoat. transitive
    — John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save
  3. To isolate (an opposing blocker) behind one's own blockers, so as to slow down the pack. transitive

词形变化

goats plural goats present,singular,third-person goating participle,present goated participle,past goated past goats plural goats plural

词源

From Middle English goot, got, gat, from Old English gāt, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.
The sense of lecherous man derives from the slang expression "horny as a goat".
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