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whole hog

/hohl-hawg, hog/US // ˈhoʊl ˈhɔg, ˈhɒg //

全猪,整猪,整只猪,全猪的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the furthest extent; everything: With them it was whole hog or nothing.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Usually whole-hog [hohl-hawg, -hog] /ˈhoʊlˈhɔg, -ˈhɒg/ . complete and thorough; wholehearted: Any whole-hog endorsement of the doctrine would leave its proponent overexposed to counterarguments.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : completely; wholeheartedly: I've long hated this idea that you can't just jump whole hog into radical feminism.

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Examples

  • There are two other options, cuts of the whole hog, on the table.

  • In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.

  • “We talked about the science the whole time the other day,” Krauss told The Daily Beast in a phone interview.

  • If the Israel model ban were directed towards disordered eating, Ravin says she would support it whole-heartedly.

  • What an amazing thing to be able to listen to any music you want, a whole world of bands.

  • And Air Force assessors are the first to say such imaging never tells the whole story.

  • You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.

  • Now, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.

  • But Polavieja started his campaign with the immense advantage of having the whole of the dry season before him.

  • All changes are to be Rang either by walking them (as the term is) or else Whole-pulls, or Half-pulls.

  • The plant as a whole remains green until late in the autumn.