pig, hog, sow, piglet, boar, swine,猪字有多少种写法?

  • pig是猪的统称,包括家猪和野猪。参见牛津字典解释:
    Pigs are kept on farms for their meat (called pork) or live in the wild.
  • boar指的是野猪:a wild pig**
  • hog在美语中指的是家猪,在英语中指的是“被阉割过的、公的”家猪,参见牛津字典:
    a male pig that has been castrated (= had part of its sex organs removed) and is kept for its meat
    值得注意的是,pig是不带感情色彩的,而hog可以用于比喻一个人贪婪或者贪吃。因此说别人像头猪正确的说法是:
    You've eaten it all? You hog!
  • sow指的母猪,作为动词是“播种”的意思
  • piglet指的是小猪崽
  • swine在古代的英语里指猪,现代英语里已经完全只用它的引申含义了,表示讨厌的人或者物:
  1. an unpleasant person
  2. a difficult or unpleasant thing or task
    比如成语“对牛弹琴”,可以对应英语里的一句习语:throw pearls before swine

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