- [countable]
a bird like a large duck with a long neck. Geese either live wild or are kept on farms. see also barnacle goose, Canada gooseTopics Birdsb2鹅 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wild
- roast
- flock
- gaggle
- waddle
- hiss
- honk
- …
- [uncountable]
meat from a goose 鹅肉 roast goose 烤鹅
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wild
- roast
- flock
- gaggle
- waddle
- hiss
- honk
- …
- [countable]
a female goose compare gander雌鹅 - [countable] (old-fashioned, informal)
a silly person 傻瓜;笨蛋 see also golden goose, wild goose chase
Word OriginOld English gōs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gans and German Gans, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin anser and Greek khēn.
Idioms
cook somebody’s goose
- (informal)
to destroy somebody’s chances of success Topics Difficulty and failurec2毁掉某人成功的机会
kill the goose that lays the golden egg/eggs
- (saying)
to destroy something that would make you rich, successful, etc. Topics Difficulty and failurec2杀鸡取卵;竭泽而渔;自绝财源
not say boo to a goose (British English)
(North American English not say boo to anyone)
what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
- (old-fashioned, saying)
what one person is allowed to do, another person must be allowed to do in a similar situation Topics Permission and obligationc2适于此者亦应适于彼;应该一视同仁