gouge: [15] Gouge may be of Celtic origin – a resemblance to forms such as Welsh gylf ‘beak’ and Cornish gilb ‘borer’ has been noted. But its earliest positively identifiable ancestor is late Latin gubia, whose Old French descendant gouge was borrowed by English.
gouge (n.)
mid-14c., "chisel with a concave blade," from Old French gouge "a gouge" (14c.), from Late Latin gubia, alteration of gulbia "hollow beveled chisel," probably from Gaulish (compare Old Irish gulban "prick, prickle," Welsh gylfin "beak"). Meaning "an imposition, a cheat" is from 1845, American English colloquial.
gouge (v.)
1560s, "to cut with a gouge," from gouge (n.). Meaning "to force out with a gouge" (especially of the eyes, in fighting) attested by 1800. Meaning "to swindle" is American English colloquial from 1826 (implied in plural noun gougers). Related: Gouged; gouging.
雙語例句
1. He has accused her of threatening to gouge his eyes out.
他指控她曾威脅要挖出他的眼睛。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She reached up and tried to gouge her attacker's eyes.
她伸出手,想把攻擊者的眼睛摳出來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. I wanted to gouge her eyes out.
我那時(shí)想把她的雙眼挖出來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. To make a Halloween lantern, you first have to gouge out the inside of the pumpkin.
要做一個(gè)萬圣節(jié)燈籠, 你先得挖空這個(gè)南瓜.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. In the Middle Ages, a favourite punishment was to gouge out a prisoner's eyes.