Word · Frequency #11399
poach
水煮；文火煮
to cook food in simmering liquid; to be cooked this way
指用开水或高汤小火煮，如 poached egg（水煮荷包蛋）。
- 1.
To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water; sometimes wine, broth, or otherwise).
用文火或很热的液体煮(食物)
- 2.
To trespass on another's property to take fish or game.
非法侵入他人土地捕鱼或打猎。
- 3.
To be cooked in such manner.
被这样煮,炖煮
- 4.
To take game or fish illegally.
非法捕猎或捕捞
- 5.
To take anything illegally or unfairly.
非法或不正当地获取任何东西。
- 6.
To intrude; to interfere; to get involved inappropriately, without welcome.
侵入；干涉；不恰当地介入。
- 7.
To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.
挖走(竞争对手公司的员工或客户),诱使转投自己公司
- 8.
To make soft or muddy by trampling.
踩踏使松软或泥泞。
- 9.
To become soft or muddy by being trampled on.
被踩踏而变得松软或泥泞
偷猎；盗猎；偷捕；挖走（人才/客户）；撬走；窃取；盗用；不正当获取；插手；干涉；擅自介入；踩得泥泞；被踏成泥泞
In use
I usually poach two eggs for breakfast.
She poached the chicken in a light broth until it was tender.
The chef is poaching pears in red wine for the dessert.
poach sth in sth
指用文火或微沸的液体烹制食物，如 poached eggs（水煮荷包蛋）。
Poach the eggs in simmering water for three minutes.
把鸡蛋放入微沸的水中煮三分钟。
poach sb/sth from sb/sth
表示用不正当或挖墙角的方式从别处夺走人才、客户等。
The company poached several engineers from its main competitor.
这家公司从主要竞争对手那里挖走了几名工程师。
poach on/upon sth
指侵入他人领域或越界，常带有贬义；也可指未经允许偷猎。
Connections
Collocations
- poach an egg
- 做水波蛋
- I usually poach an egg for breakfast.我早餐通常做水波蛋。
- poach game
- 偷猎野生动物
- The men were arrested for poaching game in the national park.这些人因在国家公园偷猎野生动物而被捕。
- poach fish
- 偷捕鱼
- Fishermen from the village used to poach fish from the protected lake.这个村子的渔民过去常在受保护的湖里偷捕鱼。
- poach talent
- 挖走人才
- Big tech companies frequently poach talent from smaller startups.大型科技公司经常从初创小公司挖走人才。
- poach customers
- 挖走客户
- The rival firm tried to poach our customers by offering huge discounts.竞争对手公司试图通过提供大幅折扣来挖走我们的客户。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：一个偷猎者偷来鸡蛋，用水煮来吃——poach 既是“偷猎”，也是“水煮”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：recipes、cooking instructions 这里讨论的是“用微沸液体煮”的义项。该用法多出现在菜谱、烹饪说明中，语气中性，正式与非正式场合都适用。注意与“偷猎、挖人”等义项区分。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上词都与 poach 押韵，词尾均为 /əʊtʃ/，拼写多为 -oach。注意：pouch /paʊtʃ/ 拼写相似但不押韵，元音是 /aʊ/。
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。
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.