poach
verb
pəʊtʃ
verb
1
COOK
烹调
a.
to
cook
an
egg
in
or
over
gently
boiling
water,
without
its
shell
b.
to
gently
cook
food,
especially
fish,
in
a
small
amount
of
boiling
water,
milk
etc
水煮; 炖; 煨
T
poached
eggs
on
toast
水煮荷包蛋烤面包片
Poach
the
salmon
in
white
wine
and
water.
把三文鱼放在白葡萄酒和水里煨。
2
ANIMALS
动物
to
illegally
catch
or
shoot
animals,
birds,
or
fish,
especially
on
private
land
without
permission
〔尤指未经允许在私人土地上〕偷猎，偷捕
I,T
Deer
have
been
poached
here
for
years.
多年来这里一直有人偷偷地猎鹿。
3
PEOPLE
人
to
persuade
someone
who
belongs
to
another
organization,
team
etc
to
leave
it
and
join
yours,
especially
in
a
secret
or
dishonest
way
挖走〔公司、球队等的成员〕
T
That
company’s
always
poaching
our
staff.
那家公司老是挖我们的员工。
[+
from
]
Several
of
their
reporters
were
poached
from
other
papers.
他们有几个记者是从其他报社挖过去的。
4
STEAL IDEAS
窃取想法
to
take
and
use
someone
else’s
ideas
unfairly
or
illegally
剽窃; 窃取〔他人的想法〕
T
[+
from
]
characters
poached
from
Shakespeare
从莎士比亚作品中剽窃的人物
5
poach on sb’s territory/preserve
to
do
something
that
is
someone
else’s
responsibility,
especially
when
they
do
not
want
you
to
do
it
[英] 越俎代庖
BrE
the
poaching
of
elephants
for
their
ivory
tusks
为获取象牙偷猎大象的行为