Word · Frequency #20145
gouges
敲竹杠；漫天要价
gouges is the third person singular of gouge.
核心释义
常指在紧急或特殊时期哄抬物价
To cheat or swindle someone, especially by charging an unfairly high price.
- 1.
用半圆凿挖出槽、孔或痕迹
To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
- 2.
欺骗或欺诈；尤指收取不合理的高价
To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
- 3.
挖出；尤指用拇指推或试图推出(某人的)眼睛
To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
- 4.
使用半圆凿
To use a gouge.
挖出；抠出；用凿子挖（槽、孔）；凿；用半圆凿挖出槽、孔或痕迹；欺骗或欺诈；尤指收取不合理的高价；挖出；尤指用拇指推或试图推出(某人的)眼睛
用法In use
He gouged a hole in the wall with a chisel.
用法提示：动词过去式，表示用工具挖出。
The sculptor is gouging out a piece of wood to create a shape.
用法提示：现在进行时，搭配out表示挖出。
The taxi driver tried to gouge the tourists by charging triple the normal fare.
用法提示：不定式，表示欺骗、敲诈。
gouge sth out (of sth)
out 常保留，强调把某物挖出或抠出，of 后可接原来的整体。
The machine gouged out a shallow hole in the metal.
机器在金属上挖出一个浅坑。
gouge sth in/into sth
表示在某物表面凿出或划出凹痕，常用 into 引出被破坏的表面。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- gouge out
- 挖出；抠出
- The attacker tried to gouge out his victim's eyes.袭击者试图挖出受害者的眼睛。
- gouge a hole
- 凿出一个洞
- He gouged a hole in the wall with a chisel.他用凿子在墙上凿了一个洞。
- gouge customers
- 宰客；向顾客漫天要价
- Some shops gouge customers during tourist season.一些商店在旅游季节宰客。
流行文化与引用Pop culture & quotes
- Gouge away, you can gouge away
- 挖走吧，你可以挖走。In the Pixies' 1989 song "Gouge Away", the repeated line "Gouge away" calls for something to be violently dug or scraped out.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记 gouge：凿子在木头上挖出深槽，黑心商家也在你钱包上‘挖坑’漫天要价。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：physical digging with tools (wood, stone, art)、informal complaints about unfair prices gouge 作动词时，本义是“用凿子挖出（槽、孔）”，多用于工具、艺术或事故描述，属于一般书面语；口语中还常用来指“敲竹杠、漫天要价（尤指价格过高）”，此时通常用于非正式场合，比较常见于评论商家或价格。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
没有与 /ɡaʊdʒ/ 完全押韵的常用词。'scrounge' 的元音相同，但 /dʒ/ 前多一个 /n/，只能算近似韵。注意这些拼写相近但发音不同的词：'rouge' (/ruːʒ/)、'gauge' (/ɡeɪdʒ/)、'judge' (/dʒʌdʒ/)、'budge' (/bʌdʒ/)、'huge' (/hjuːdʒ/)。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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