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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。
小鹅
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小鹅
young goose
A gosling follows its mother everywhere.
小鹅到处跟着妈妈。
幼鹅。
A young goose.
幼鹅
young goose
缺乏经验、不成熟或愚蠢天真的年轻人。
An inexperienced and immature, or foolish and naive, young person.
The gosling followed its mother across the pond.
小鹅跟着妈妈穿过池塘。
We watched a fluffy yellow gosling peck at the grass.
我们看到一只毛茸茸的黄色小鹅在啄草。
Every morning, the children feed the goslings at the farm.
每天早上，孩子们在农场喂小鹅。
gosling 是可数名词，指幼鹅。
A gosling follows its mother everywhere.
小鹅到处跟着妈妈。
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。
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.
一只母鹅带着她的小鹅穿过了马路。
Not this
The mother goose is looking after her three gosling.
Use this
The mother goose is looking after her three goslings.
gosling 是可数名词，复数形式是 goslings（直接加 -s），不要误以为它像 goose 一样变为 geese。
Not this
He is very gosling, so he trusts strangers easily.
Use this
He is a gosling, so he trusts strangers easily.
gosling 是名词，表示“小鹅”或引申为“天真的人”，不能放在 very 后面作形容词；作表语时要加冠词 a，构成 He is a gosling。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
喂小鹅
Every morning we feed the goslings at the farm.
我们每天早上在农场喂小鹅。
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。
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。
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goose 是鹅，gosling 是鹅宝宝；-ling 像 duckling（小鸭），记住带 -ling 就是幼崽。
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。
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/。
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