Word · Frequency #20145
gouging
敲竹杠；漫天要价
gouging is the present participle of gouge.
To cheat or swindle someone, especially by charging an unfairly high price.
常指在紧急或特殊时期哄抬物价
- 1.
To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
用半圆凿挖出槽、孔或痕迹
- 2.
To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
欺骗或欺诈；尤指收取不合理的高价
- 3.
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.
挖出；尤指用拇指推或试图推出(某人的)眼睛
- 4.
To use a gouge.
使用半圆凿
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
In use
He gouged a hole in the wall with a chisel.
The sculptor is gouging out a piece of wood to create a shape.
The taxi driver tried to gouge the tourists by charging triple the normal fare.
Verb forms
base gouge · third person gouges · -ing gouging · past gouged · past participle gouged
规则动词，意为‘凿；挖’。
Connections
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。
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.在 Pixies 乐队 1989 年的歌曲《Gouge Away》中，反复出现的歌词“Gouge away”是在呼吁把某物猛烈地挖出或刮掉。
Synonyms
Learner notes
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。
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。
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/)。
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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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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