plural eggs
plural eggs
Learner's definition of EGG
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[count] : a hard-shelled oval thing from which a young bird is born(鸟的)蛋 also : an oval or round thing from which a snake, frog, insect, etc., is born(蛇、青蛙、昆虫等的)卵
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: the egg of a bird (especially a chicken) eaten as food(供食用的)禽蛋;(尤指)鸡蛋 [count]
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poached/fried/boiled eggs水煮荷包蛋;煎蛋;煮蛋
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hard-boiled/soft-boiled eggs煮得老的/半熟的鸡蛋
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the smell of rotten eggs坏鸡蛋的臭味
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(US) scrambled eggs炒鸡蛋
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I bought a carton of eggs.我买了一盒鸡蛋。
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(US) They served us bacon and eggs for breakfast. = (Brit) They served us eggs and bacon for breakfast.早餐我们吃的是培根和鸡蛋。
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an Easter egg [=an egg that is specially decorated at Easter]复活节彩蛋
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[count] biology : a cell that is produced by the female sexual organs and that combines with the male's sperm in reproduction卵子 — called also ovum
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[count] : something that is shaped like a bird's egg蛋形物
bad egg
informal + somewhat old-fashioned
: someone who does bad things坏蛋
egg on your face
◊ If you have egg on your face you appear foolish, usually because something that you said would happen has not happened.出丑,有失颜面(通常因为预言之事未发生)
good egg
informal + somewhat old-fashioned
lay an egg
US, informal
: to fail completely : to fail in a very obvious or embarrassing way完全失败
put all your eggs in one basket
◊ If you put all your eggs in one basket, you risk all you have on the success or failure of one thing (such as an investment), so that if something goes wrong you could lose everything.(指投资等)孤注一掷,寄希望于一件事情上;把蛋都放在一个篮子里
the goose that lays the golden egg
— see 1goose 2 egg /ˈɛg/ verb
eggs; egged; egging
eggs; egged; egging
Learner's definition of EGG
egg on
[phrasal verb] egg (someone) on
: to urge or encourage (someone) to do something that is usually foolish or dangerous煽动,怂恿(干傻事或危险事)