pig
猪,猪肉,猪猡,猪仔
Related Words
Definitions
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- : a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, typically weighing less than 300 pounds.
- : any wild or domestic swine in the genus Sus, within the family Suidae .
- : the flesh of swine; pork.
- : Informal. a person of piggish character, behavior, or habits, as one who is gluttonous, very fat, greedy, selfish, or filthy.
- : Slang. an immoral woman; prostitute.
- : Slang: Disparaging. a police officer.
- : Slang. an extremely rude, ill-mannered person, especially one who is sexist or racist.
- : Machinery. any tool or device, as a long-handled brush or scraper, used to clear the interior of a pipe or duct.
- : Metallurgy. an oblong mass of metal that has been run while still molten into a mold of sand or the like, especially such a mass of iron from a blast furnace.one of the molds for such masses of metal.metal in the form of such masses.pig iron.
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pigged, pig·ging.
- : to mold into pigs.
- : Informal. to eat quickly; gulp: He pigged three doughnuts and ran off to school.
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pigged, pig·ging.
- : to bring forth pigs; farrow.
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- : pig out, Slang. to overindulge in eating: We pigged out on pizza last night.
Phrases
- pig in a poke
- pig it
- pig out
- in a pig's eye
- like pigs in clover
- make a pig of oneself
- when pigs fly
Synonyms & Antonyms
Where does pig come from?
Let’s start with a little swine quiz: what’s the difference between a pig and a hog? In the barnyard, a pig is a young domestic hog. Generally speaking, a pig weighs less than 120 pounds, the hog is much heavier.Like the word dog, forms of the word pig and hog are found in Old English, however their ultimate origin is obscure. Etymologists think that final –g in dog, pig, and hog are related, though.Discover more everyday words with unknown roots in our slideshow, “‘Dog,’ ‘Boy,’ And Other Words That We Don’t Know Where They Came From.”Why do we raise pigs but eat pork? Same goes for cow vs. beef. It is because of the influence of French in Middle English. Via French, pork comes from the Latin porcus, “pig, hog.”Now that you know how pigs got their name, why not find out how some of our other most beloved pets got theirs in the slideshow: “Where Do The Words For Our Pets Come From?”
Examples
The meat companies’ employees, many of them immigrants and refugees, slice pig bellies or cut up chicken carcasses in close quarters.
Growing up on a farm in an Amish part of rural Pennsylvania, he woke up before dawn to care for pigs and cows.
It’s a painting of a warty pig, an animal still found on Sulawesi, that was rendered on the cave’s back wall at least 45,500 years ago, researchers report January 13 in Science Advances.
I talked to a woman who nursed an injured baby pig back to health.
I’m also guessing most people haven’t found themselves sitting in the back seat of a car, in charge of making sure a massive raw pig didn’t roll onto the floor.
He has said he believes Al Sharpton is a “race pimp” and a pig.
Elle magazine shot an editorial in September, one picture revealing a teacup pig sitting pretty by a mini Tyler Alexandra bag.
Unfortunately, neither of our teams had pinpointed the pig's burial site.
Bats that had once lived deep in the forest were now eking out a living on mango trees and near pig farms.
In 2014, it appears, the key to winning in a swing state is to avoid talking about issues and emphasize pig castration.
Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.
"I don't know whether I am going to like this or not--this coming to live in town," thought the little pig.
The pig family did not know when Squinty would be taken away from them, and all they could do was to wait.
Several times after this the boy and his sisters came to look down into the pig pen.
But just wishing never made anyone larger or taller, not even a pig, and Squinty stayed the same size.