a piggy
The farmer has a piggy.
农夫有一头小猪。
小猪
a young pig
She dropped a coin into the piggy bank.
她把一枚硬币投进了小猪存钱罐。
用法提示:此处 'piggy' 作为定语修饰 'bank',构成复合名词,指小猪形状的存钱罐。
The little piggy followed its mother across the pen.
小猪跟着妈妈穿过猪圈。
用法提示:此处 'piggy' 作为可数名词,指小猪。
The sow had six little piggies.
母猪生了六只小猪。
用法提示:此处 'piggies' 是 'piggy' 的复数形式,指多只小猪。
The farmer has a piggy.
农夫有一头小猪。
The piggies are sleeping.
小猪们在睡觉。
The piggy is eating.
那头小猪在吃东西。
piglet 与 piggy 同指幼猪,是较标准、常见的说法;直接用它替换 piggy 即可。
grammar · medium
易错句子I have two piggys.
正确表达I have two piggies.
piggy的复数形式是piggies,而不是直接在词尾加s。规则:以辅音字母加y结尾的名词变复数时,将y改为i再加es。
grammar · medium
易错句子He likes piggy for his pet.
正确表达He likes a piggy for his pet.
可数名词单数形式前需要加冠词(a/an或the),表示泛指或特指。这里"piggy"是可数名词,表示一只小猪,所以前面应加不定冠词a。
小猪猪(对年幼小猪的亲昵说法)
The little piggy is sleeping next to its mother.
小猪猪正睡在妈妈旁边。
三只小猪(儿童故事里的常见说法)
The three little piggies went out to play in the mud.
三只小猪出门去泥里玩了。
喂小猪
We fed the piggies at the farm last weekend.
上周末我们在农场喂了小猪。
adjective
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noun
pig(猪)+ -y(小称/亲昵后缀);同根词:piglet(小猪)、pigsty(猪圈);同后缀词:doggy(小狗)
存钱罐
She put all her coins into her piggy bank.
她把所有硬币都放进了存钱罐。
夹在中间的人;左右为难者
When my parents argue, I always end up piggy in the middle.
我父母吵架时,我总是夹在中间左右为难。
脚趾头(儿语)
The baby giggled when I tickled her little piggies.
我挠宝宝的小脚趾头时,她咯咯地笑。
这只小猪去市场了。
At bedtime, I play 'This little piggy' with my daughter's toes.
睡觉前,我会和女儿一起玩‘这只小猪’的脚趾游戏。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.