Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #6076
goose
捏（某人）屁股；掐（某人）屁股
pinch (someone) in the buttocks
- 1.
pinch in the buttocks
捏屁股
- 2.
prod into action
推动行动
- 3.
give a spurt of fuel to
给油门加速
促使；督促；猛踩（油门）；给（发动机）猛加油；捏屁股；推动行动；给油门加速
In use
He goosed the accelerator to pass the slow truck on the highway.
The driver was goosing the engine while waiting for the race to start.
If you goose the car too hard, you might skid on the wet road.
Verb forms
base goose · third person gooses · -ing goosing · past goosed · past participle goosed
动词goose表示'猛踩油门'或'戳屁股'，此处选取'猛踩油门'义项。
Connections
Collocations
- goose the accelerator
- 猛踩油门
- He goosed the accelerator and the car shot forward.他猛踩油门，汽车向前冲去。
- goose the engine
- 突然加大油门
- The driver goosed the engine to pass the truck.司机突然加大油门超车。
- goose up
- 使更有活力；使生色
- They added some decorations to goose up the party.他们添加了一些装饰来活跃派对气氛。
- goose the crowd
- 向人群喝倒彩
- The comedian goosed the crowd with a rude gesture.那位喜剧演员用粗鲁的手势向人群喝倒彩。
Pop culture & quotes
- Talk to me, Goose.
- 跟我说，鹅仔。In the movie, Maverick says "Talk to me, Goose."电影中，马弗里克说：“跟我说，鹅仔。”
Learner notes
Memory Tip
动词goose：像鹅突然伸脖啄人，比喻突然加速或打扰。
Context & Register
动词goose的多种含义均为非正式用法，需注意语境：粗俗俚语指性交，通常用于冒犯性玩笑；驾驶用语指突然加速，常见于口语；另外还有使活跃或喝倒彩的含义，后者多见于表演场合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words with -oose spelling that rhyme with goose in stressed vowel and coda: moose, noose, loose. Also juice, though spelled differently, shares the same /us/ sound. Beware of choose, which looks similar but ends in /uz/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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