hog

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hog1 /hɒɡ $ hɑːɡ, hɒːɡ/ noun [countableC]

1. especially American EnglishAmEHBA a large pig that is kept for its meat 〔供食用的〕大猪 → boar, sow

2 go the whole hog informalCOMPLETE to do something thoroughly 把某事做彻底

Let’s go the whole hog and order champagne.

我们索性点香槟吧。

Examples from the Corpus

go the whole hog• The Siemens display goes the whole hog.• And when you've claimed that much land, why not go the whole hog and put a roof over it as well.• Are they about kissing, petting or going the whole hog, as one might say?• You could hire taxis, or go the whole hog and hire a chauffeur-driven car for the day.• Mortified by the twist in his sobriety, George decided to go the whole hog and join the Total Abstinence Society.• We decided to go whole hog and stay at the Hilton.• Taking a deep breath we elected to go the whole hog and print 16 pages.• Brailsford was one of the few popular frontists prepared to go the whole hog and accept this.• He reckoned now he was in, he might as well go the whole hog.

3. go hog wild American EnglishAmE informalUNUSUAL to suddenly do an activity in an uncontrolled way 无节制地做〔某事〕

4 informalGREEDY someone who takes too much of something that should be shared 贪婪的人 SYN pig

You greedy hog!

你这个贪婪鬼！

→ road hog

Examples from the Corpus

hog• Don't be such a hog.• When living high on the corporate hog, you learn to spend as much as possible.• There was my car, like a mad old hog caught in mid-spasm, its snout and tusks crushed and steaming.• The lowland races, though, are not much larger than the red river hog.• And a couple of times a year, they would slaughter the hogs or heifers that provided year-round protein.• Ellen, you want to go to the sheep barn or to the hogs?• He shuddered, reminded for some reason of a debris tIed hog.• And when you've claimed that much land, why not go the whole hog and put a roof over it as well.• The Siemens display goes the whole hog.

hog2 verb (hogged, hogging) [transitiveT]

informalUSE/CONSUME to keep, use, or have all of something that should be shared 攫取，把…占为己有，独占

How much longer are you going to hog the bathroom?

你还要占用浴室多久啊？

He’s been hogging the limelight (=having all the attention, praise etc).

他总是抢风头。

Examples from the Corpus

hog• It's just that Diana hogs all the photo opportunities.• Mom, Pam's hogging the bathroom again!• Dredge tried to hog the credit, but it's clear to me where it really belongs.• You're presenting a message, not hogging the limelight!• She gave him little room on the seat, hogging the middle.• But Hillary keeps hogging those funerals.

Origin hog1

Old English hogg

hog1 nounhog2 verb

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