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swine

noun
🔊/swaɪn/
🔊/swaɪn/
(plural swines, swine)
Idioms
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  1. [countable] (informal) an unpleasant person讨厌的人
    • He's an arrogant little swine!他是个傲慢的小讨厌鬼！🔊🔊
  2. [countable] (British English, informal) a difficult or unpleasant thing or task令人不愉快的事物；难处理的东西
    • The car can be a swine to start.这辆车有时很难发动。🔊🔊
  3. swine
     [plural] (old use or specialist) pigs猪
    • a herd of swine一群猪
    • swine fever (= a disease of pigs)猪瘟
    4. Word OriginOld English swīn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwijn and German Schwein, also to sow2.
Idioms
cast, throw, etc. pearls before swine
  1. to give or offer valuable things to people who do not understand their value明珠暗投；对牛弹琴