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poach
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
poaches; poached; poaching
poaches; poached; poaching
Learner's definition of POACH
[+ object]
1
: to cook (something) in a small amount of liquid that is almost boiling煮；炖；煨
- The vegetables were poached in chicken broth.蔬菜在鸡汤里煮过了。
2
: to cook (an egg without its shell) in boiling water or in a small cup over boiling water水煮，蒸（荷包蛋）
- poach an egg煮一个荷包蛋
— compare 2poach
— poached
adjective- We had poached eggs for breakfast.我们早餐吃了水煮荷包蛋。
- poached salmon/oysters水煮三文鱼/牡蛎
2 poach /ˈpoʊtʃ/ verb
poaches; poached; poaching
2 poach
/ˈpoʊtʃ/
verb
poaches; poached; poaching
Learner's definition of POACH
1
: to hunt or fish illegally : to catch or kill an animal illegally偷猎
[+ object]
- Elephants are often poached for their ivory tusks.经常有人为获取象牙偷猎大象。
[no object]
- The state fines anyone who is caught poaching.在这个州，任何人被发现偷猎都将被罚款。
2
[+ object] : to take (something, such as an idea, or someone, such as an employee or customer) from someone else illegally or unfairly盗用（思想）；挖人
- She was accused of poaching [=plagiarizing] the material for her essay from a Web site.她的文章被指是从一个网站剽窃来的。
- Her former company accused her of poaching clients.她以前的公司指责她挖走了客户。
poach on someone's territory/turf
: to do something that someone else should do : to interfere in an area that another person usually controls侵犯他人的活动领域
- You can't keep other candidates from poaching on your turf. [=from trying to get voters who usually vote for you or your party to vote for them]你无法阻止其他竞选者拉走你的选票。
— compare 1poach
— poacher
noun, plural poachers [count]- Poachers are responsible for the declining rhinoceros population in this area.偷猎者造成了这一地区犀牛数量减少。
— poaching
noun [noncount]- a heavy fine for poaching对偷猎行为的重罚
poached; poaching; poaches
: to cook in simmering liquid
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Rabil and his brother Mike took matters into their own hands, and document their journey raising capital, attempting to poach top players, fight off lawsuits, and persevere through a global pandemic to launch the Premier Lacrosse League. Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 June 2022 Members of the Arkansas PBS Commission had worried that Louisiana Public Broadcasting would poach Pledger with an offer with higher pay while lawmakers deliberated increasing her salary. Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2022 One popular possibility reported on and bandied about since the news broke June 30 that UCLA and USC are leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten is that the Big 12 would try and poach between 4-6 schools. Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2022 In the Past year, Sebastián, a developer based in Ecuador, has received more LinkedIn messages from recruiters trying to poach him than ever before. Wired, 13 Aug. 2022 Bring water to 140 degrees (below a simmer), and let sweetbreads gently poach for 2 hours. Kathleen Squires, WSJ, 16 June 2022 Meanwhile the Big 12, which banded together as the remaining eight schools added four new members, appears poised to poach any Pac-12 schools with a wandering eye. Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2022 Geographically, trying to poach from the 11-team Mountain West, which spreads from the Northern California coast (San Jose State) out to Fort Collins, Colo. Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 July 2022 See More
Verb
JetBlue’s acquisition is a move to poach Spirit for its planes and pilots, not its business model, Boyd said. Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Rabil and his brother Mike took matters into their own hands, and document their journey raising capital, attempting to poach top players, fight off lawsuits, and persevere through a global pandemic to launch the Premier Lacrosse League. Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 June 2022 Members of the Arkansas PBS Commission had worried that Louisiana Public Broadcasting would poach Pledger with an offer with higher pay while lawmakers deliberated increasing her salary. Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2022 One popular possibility reported on and bandied about since the news broke June 30 that UCLA and USC are leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten is that the Big 12 would try and poach between 4-6 schools. Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2022 In the Past year, Sebastián, a developer based in Ecuador, has received more LinkedIn messages from recruiters trying to poach him than ever before. Wired, 13 Aug. 2022 Bring water to 140 degrees (below a simmer), and let sweetbreads gently poach for 2 hours. Kathleen Squires, WSJ, 16 June 2022 Meanwhile the Big 12, which banded together as the remaining eight schools added four new members, appears poised to poach any Pac-12 schools with a wandering eye. Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2022 Geographically, trying to poach from the 11-team Mountain West, which spreads from the Northern California coast (San Jose State) out to Fort Collins, Colo. Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
Middle English pocchen, from Middle French pocher, from Old French poché poached, literally, bagged, from poche bag, pocket — more at pouch
Verb (2)
Middle French pocher, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle English poken to poke
First Known Use
Verb (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
1611, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of poach was in the 15th century Phrases Containing poach
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