- (also hog especially in North American English)
an animal with pink, black or brown skin, short legs, a broad nose and a short curly tail. Pigs are kept on farms for their meat (called pork) or live in the wild. 猪 a pig farmer 养猪的农民 Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard. 猪在院子里哼哼地叫个不停。 🔊🔊 to breed/rear pigs 繁殖/饲养猪
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- domestic
- feral
- wild
- …
- breed
- keep
- raise
- …
- grunt
- squeal
- farm
- farmer
- (informal, disapproving)
an unpleasant or offensive person; a person who is dirty or greedy 令人不快（或讨厌）的人；贪婪（或肮脏）的人 Arrogant pig! 傲慢的家伙！ 🔊🔊 Don't be such a pig! 别那么讨厌嘛！ 🔊🔊 The greedy pig's eaten all the biscuits! 那个馋猫把饼干都吃光了！ 🔊🔊 She made a pig of herself with the ice cream (= ate too much). 她大吃了一通冰淇淋。 🔊🔊 He's a real male chauvinist pig (= a man who does not think women are equal to men). 他是个彻头彻尾的大男子主义者。 🔊🔊 We cooked up a load of pasta and all made pigs of ourselves. 我们做了许多意大利面食，每个人都吃了很多。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fat
- disgusting
- greedy
- …
- make a pig of yourself
- (slang)
an offensive word for a police officer （对警察的蔑称）
Word OriginMiddle English: probably from the first element of Old English picbrēd ‘acorn’, literally ‘pig bread’ (i.e. food for pigs).
Idioms
make a pig’s ear (out) of something
- (British English, informal)
to do something badly; to make a mess of something 把事情办砸；弄得一团糟
(buy) a pig in a poke
if you buy a pig in a poke, you buy something without seeing it or knowing if it is good enough （买）未看过的东西；（买）不知优劣的东西 Buying from a catalogue can mean buying a pig in a poke. 从目录里买一个目录可能意味着在戳中买一头猪。
a pig of a something
pigs might fly (British English)
(North American English when pigs fly)