Goose

(noun.) web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks.

(noun.) flesh of a goose (domestic or wild).

(verb.) give a spurt of fuel to; 'goose the car'.

(verb.) prod into action.

(verb.) pinch in the buttocks; 'he goosed the unsuspecting girl'.

校对:迈克尔

• No; Justinian is too keen a judge of character to mistake our Greek goose for a swan. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Nay, he was bringing home the goose as a peace-offering to his wife. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Why, my darling, said I, what a goose you must take me for! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• There are other species of geese, as I hear from Mr. Bartlett, in which the lamellae are less developed than in the common goose. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• It's the plague of my life and I was a goose to wear it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Now, then: 'Found at the corner of Goodge Street, a goose and a black felt hat. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Well, you're not geese, you're swans--anything you like, only do, do leave Miss Sedley alone. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• There are other species of geese, as I hear from Mr. Bartlett, in which the lamellae are less developed than in the common goose. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Their geese and turkeys I usually ate at a mouthful, and I confess they far exceed ours. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• I should like to know who sold you the geese which you supplied to the Alpha. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• He steered his geese with that stick as easily as another man would steer a yawl. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Now then, Mr. Cocksure, said the salesman, I thought that I was out of geese, but before I finish you'll find that there is still one left in my shop. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Why has he been—so very much—Goosed? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• He has lately got in the way of being always goosed, and he can't stand it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• He was goosed last night, he was goosed the night before last, he was goosed to-day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Now, it's a remarkable fact, sir, that it cut that man deeper, to know that his daughter knew of his being goosed, than to go through with it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.

校对:史蒂文