Word · Frequency #28012
gosling
小鹅
young goose
- 1.
A young goose.
幼鹅。
- 2.
young goose
幼鹅
- 3.
An inexperienced and immature, or foolish and naive, young person.
缺乏经验、不成熟或愚蠢天真的年轻人。
幼鹅。；幼鹅；缺乏经验、不成熟或愚蠢天真的年轻人。；年轻无知的人
In use
The gosling followed its mother across the pond.
We watched a fluffy yellow gosling peck at the grass.
Every morning, the children feed the goslings at the farm.
a gosling
gosling 是可数名词，指幼鹅。
A gosling follows its mother everywhere.
小鹅到处跟着妈妈。
the goslings
定冠词 the 加复数，指特定的一群小鹅。
The goslings are playing in the grass.
小鹅们在草地上玩耍。
a goose with her goslings
此表达常用来描绘母鹅带着小鹅的场景。
A goose with her goslings crossed the road.
Connections
Collocations
- a brood of goslings
- 一窝小鹅
- We watched a brood of goslings swim behind their mother.我们看到一窝小鹅跟在母鹅后面游水。
- feed the goslings
- 喂小鹅
- Every morning we feed the goslings at the farm.我们每天早上在农场喂小鹅。
- newly hatched goslings
- 刚孵出的小鹅
- The newly hatched goslings stayed close to the nest.刚孵出的小鹅紧挨着巢穴。
- mother goose and her goslings
- 母鹅和它的小鹅
- A mother goose and her goslings crossed the path in the park.一只母鹅和它的小鹅穿过公园的小路。
Confusing words
- goose
- 鹅 · gosling 专指幼鹅，goose 指成年鹅，也可统称鹅。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
goose 是鹅，gosling 是鹅宝宝；-ling 像 duckling（小鸭），记住带 -ling 就是幼崽。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：birdwatching、farm life、children's literature 「gosling」指小鹅，是一个普通的中性词。它通常用于描述农场的幼鹅、野生水禽，或出现在儿童读物中；在正式或非正式语境里都比较常见，不带有明显的文体色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
gosling 的发音是 /ˈɡɒzlɪŋ/（英）或 /ˈɡɑːzlɪŋ/（美），s 读 /z/。以下单词虽都以 -ling 结尾，且末尾都读 /lɪŋ/，但它们与 gosling 并不完全押韵：重读元音及 /lɪŋ/ 前的辅音不同（duckling 为 /dʌk/，fledgling 为 /fledʒ/ 等）。注意形近词 jostling /ˈdʒɒslɪŋ/ 中发 /s/ 而非 /z/。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.