英汉词典

egg 基本解释

• n. 蛋；卵子；家伙
• vt. 煽动；怂恿
• n. (Egg)人名；(法、英)埃格

egg 词态变化

egg 中文词源

来自PIE*owyo, 蛋，词源同ovum,ovular.

egg 英文词源

egg

egg: English has two distinct words egg, but surprisingly the noun, in the form in which we now have it, has not been in the language as long as the verb. Egg ‘reproductive body’ [14] was borrowed from Old Norse egg. Old English had a related word, ǣg, which survived until the 16th century as eye (plural eyren). Although it does not begin to show up in the written records until the 14th century, the form egg was presumably introduced into English by Norse immigrants considerably earlier, but even so, as late as the end of the 15th century there was still considerable competition between the native eye and the imported egg: ‘What sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte, egges or eyren, certaynly it is harde to playse every man’, William Caxton, Eneydos 1490.

Both the Old English and the Old Norse forms came from a prehistoric Germanic *ajjaz (source also of German and Dutch ei). This in turn was a descendant of an Indo- European *ōwo- (whence Greek ōión, Latin ōvum, French oeuf, Italian uovo, Spanish huevo, and Russian jajco), which was probably derived ultimately from a base signifying ‘bird’ (source of Sanskrit vís and Latin avis ‘bird’, the ancestor of English aviary). Egg ‘incite’ [10], as in ‘egg on’, is a Scandinavian borrowing too.

It comes from Old Norse eggja, which was a relative or derivative of egg ‘edge’ (a cousin of English edge).
=> aviary; edge

egg (n.)

mid-14c., egge, mostly in northern England dialect, from Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajja(m) (cognates: Old Saxon, Middle Dutch, Dutch, Old High German, German ei, Gothic ada), probably from PIE *owyo-/*oyyo- "egg" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic aja, Russian jajco, Breton ui, Welsh wy, Greek oon, Latin ovum); possibly derived from root *awi- "bird."

This Norse-derived northern word vied in Middle English with native cognates eye, eai, from Old English æg, until finally displacing the others after c. 1500. Caxton (15c.) writes of a merchant (probably a north-country man) in a public house on the Thames who asked for eggs:

And the goode wyf answerde, that she coude speke no frenshe. And the marchaunt was angry, for he also coude speke no frenshe, but wolde have hadde egges, and she understode hym not.

She did, however, recognize another customer's request for "eyren." Used of persons from c. 1600. Bad egg in the figurative sense is from 1855; bad eggs aren't always obvious to outward view (there was an old proverb, "bad bird, bad egg"). To have egg on (one's) face "look foolish" is attested by 1948.

[Young & Rubincam] realize full well that a crew can sometimes make or break a show. It can do little things to ruin a program or else, by giving it its best, can really get that all-important rating. They are mindful of an emcee of a variety show who already has been tabbed "old egg in your face" because the crew has managed to get him in such awkward positions on the TV screen. ["Billboard," March 5, 1949]

Eggs Benedict attested by 1898. The figure of speech represented in to have all (one's) eggs in one basket is attested by 1660s.

egg (v.)

c. 1200, from Old Norse eggja "to goad on, incite," from egg "edge" (see edge (n.)). The unrelated verb meaning "to pelt with (rotten) eggs" is from 1857, from egg (n.). Related: Egged; egging.

egg 词组搭配

egg 英文释义

1. animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds

2. oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

3. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens;

"she kicked him in the balls and got away"

egg 双语例句

1. As the egg whites cook, they coagulate and rise to the surface.

蛋白一煮就会凝结，并且浮起来。

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2. Each recipe specifies the size of egg to be used.

每种菜谱都具体规定了所用鸡蛋的大小。

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3. Whisk the egg whites until they are foamy but not stiff.

把蛋清搅至起沫而不黏稠的程度。

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4. Conception occurs when a single sperm fuses with an egg.

当一个精子和一个卵子结合时受孕就发生了。

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5. Cheese can be sprinkled on egg or vegetable dishes.

奶酪可以撒在鸡蛋或蔬菜做的菜肴上。

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egg 实用场景例句

an egg donor

卵子提供者

牛津词典

They were left with egg on their faces when only ten people showed up.

只有十人到场，他们感到很丢面子。

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He hit the other boy again and again as his friends egged him on.

他在朋友的煽动下一次又一次地打了另一个男孩。

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You've got some egg on your shirt.

你的衬衣上沾了些蛋。

牛津词典

egg yolks/whites

蛋黄 / 白

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egg noodles

鸡蛋面

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ducks'/quails' eggs

鸭 / 鹌鹑蛋

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a chocolate egg (= made from chocolate in the shape of an egg)

巧克力蛋

牛津词典

The male sperm fertilizes the female egg.

雄性的精子使雌性的卵子受精。

牛津词典

a boiled egg

煮蛋

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bacon and eggs

熏肉加煎蛋

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fried/poached/scrambled eggs

煎 / 荷包 / 炒蛋

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Bind the mixture together with a little beaten egg.

用少许打过的蛋将混合料搅拌在一起。

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The female sits on the eggs until they hatch.

雌鸟伏在蛋上直到其孵化。

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The fish lay thousands of eggs at one time.

这种鱼一次产卵数千个。

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crocodile eggs

鳄鱼蛋

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It only takes one sperm to fertilize an egg.

只需要一个精子就能让卵子受精。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The key word here is diversify; don't put all your eggs in one basket.

这里的关键词是多样性；不要在一棵树上吊死。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

If they take this game lightly they could end up with egg on their faces.

如果他们对这场比赛掉以轻心，结果很可能会出丑。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a baby bird hatching from its egg.

从蛋中孵出的小鸟

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...ant eggs.

蚁卵

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Break the eggs into a shallow bowl and beat them lightly.

把鸡蛋打到一个浅碗中，轻轻搅打。

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...bacon and eggs.

咸肉煎蛋

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...a chocolate egg.

巧克力蛋

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The judge sentenced the bad egg to death.

法官判这个混蛋死刑.

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You've got some egg on your chin.

你的下巴上沾着一点鸡蛋.

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