pig 1 S2 / pɪɡ / 名词 [可数名词]

1

animal a farm animal with short legs, a fat body, and a curved tail. Pigs are kept for their meat, which includes pork , bacon, and ham . 同义词 hog American English :

He kept pigs and poultry.

2 person spoken

a) someone who eats too much or eats more than their share :

You greedy pig , you ate all the candy!

I made a bit of a pig of myself (= ate too much ) at dinner.

b) someone who is unpleasant in some way, for example unkind or very untidy :

They live like pigs in that house over the road.

You can tell him from me he’s an ignorant pig.

(male) chauvinist pig (= a man who thinks women are not equal to men )

3 police taboo informal an offensive word for a police officer. Do not use this word.

4 a pig (of a something) British English spoken something that is very difficult or unpleasant to do :

They’re improving, and they’re a pig of a team to beat.

5 make a pig’s ear of something British English spoken to do something very badly :

Someone’s made a right pig’s ear of these repairs.

6 in a pig’s eye American English spoken informal used to show that you do not believe what someone is saying

7 pig in a poke spoken something you bought without seeing it first and that is not as good or valuable as you expected :

What if the car you buy turns out to be a pig in a poke ?

8 pigs might fly British English , when pigs fly American English spoken used to say that you do not think something will happen :

‘Someone might have handed in your pass.’ ‘Yes, and pigs might fly.’