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 egg [ɛg]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 蛋, 卵

vt. 挑唆, 煽动, 调蛋黄

[医] 卵


  1. This hen lays beautiful brown eggs.
    这只母鸡下很漂亮的棕色蛋。
  2. Do you want a boiled egg for breakfast?
    你早饭要吃煮鸡蛋吗?
  3. I didn't want to do it but Peter kept egging me on.
    我本不想做那件事, 但彼得一直怂恿我.


egg
[ noun ]
  1. animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds

  2. <noun.animal>
  3. oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

  4. <noun.food>
  5. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

  6. <noun.body>
    she kicked him in the balls and got away
[ verb ]
  1. throw eggs at

  2. <verb.contact>
  3. coat with beaten egg

  4. <verb.contact>
    egg a schnitzel


Egg \Egg\ ([e^]g), n. [OE., fr. Icel. egg; akin to AS. [ae]g
(whence OE. ey), Sw. ["a]gg, Dan. [ae]g, G. & D. ei, and
prob. to OSlav. aje, jaje, L. ovum, Gr. 'w,o`n, Ir. ugh,
Gael. ubh, and perh. to L. avis bird. Cf. {Oval}.]
1. (Popularly) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic
poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a
yolk, usually surrounded by the ``white'' or albumen, and
inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.

2. (Biol.) A simple cell, from the development of which the
young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.

3. Anything resembling an egg in form.

Note: Egg is used adjectively, or as the first part of
self-explaining compounds; as, egg beater or
egg-beater, egg case, egg ladle, egg-shaped, etc.

{Egg and anchor} (Arch.), see {egg-and-dart} in the
vocabulary, below; -- called also {egg and dart}, and {egg
and tongue}. See {Anchor}, n., 5. --Ogilvie.

{Egg cleavage} (Biol.), a process of cleavage or
segmentation, by which the egg undergoes endogenous
division with formation of a mass of nearly similar cells,
from the growth and differentiation of which the new
organism is ultimately formed. See {Segmentation of the
ovum}, under {Segmentation}.

{Egg development} (Biol.), the process of the development of
an egg, by which the embryo is formed.

{Egg mite} (Zo["o]l.), any mite which devours the eggs of
insects, as {Nothrus ovivorus}, which destroys those of
the canker worm.

{Egg parasite} (Zo["o]l.), any small hymenopterous insect,
which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other
insects. Many genera and species are known.


Egg \Egg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Egged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Egging}.] [OE. eggen, Icel. eggja, fr. egg edge. ??. See
{Edge}.]
To urge on; to instigate; to incite?

Adam and Eve he egged to ill. --Piers
Plowman.

[She] did egg him on to tell
How fair she was. --Warner.

Gamete \Gam"ete\ (g[a^]m"[=e]t; g[.a]*m[=e]t"; the latter
usually in compounds), n. [Gr. gameth` wife, or game`ths
husband, fr. gamei^n to marry.] (Biol.)
A sexual cell or germ cell having a single set of unpaired
chromosomes; a conjugating cell which unites with another of
like or unlike character to form a new individual. In Bot.,
gamete designates esp. the similar sex cells of the lower
thallophytes which unite by conjugation, forming a zygospore.
The gametes of higher plants are of two sorts, {sperm} (male)
and {egg} (female); their union is called fertilization, and
the resulting zygote an o["o]spore. In Zo["o]l., gamete is
most commonly used of the sexual cells of certain Protozoa,
though also extended to the germ cells of higher forms.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  1. In Earth's gravity, when materials like the astronauts are testing are mixed, the lighter one tends to float to the top. Hilmers said in zero gravity it was more like a yolk floating inside the egg white.
  2. The design shows a big-beaked bird preening in a renaissance costume; an archaeologist named Dr. Digwell excavating pots; and the dressed-up alligator pushing a carriage shaped like an egg with legs.
  3. Scientists also suspect that certain salmonella bacteria can be transmitted from an infected hen directly to the egg interior. While the extent of the problem is not known, the risk of illness remains small, according to the USDA.
  4. A broken egg has dried on the living room floor.
  5. The president's limousine was hit by an egg thrown from the crowd as his motorcade passed through Santiago streets.
  6. DDT weakened egg shells, reducing the survival rate.
  7. It set an auction record for a Faberge egg. In all, 54 imperial eggs were produced by the workshop of the St Petersburg jeweller in the 30 years after 1885, but this is only the fifth to appear at auction in the past 50 years.
  8. The department's Economic Research Service says 1989 egg production is expected to be down around 2 percent fromf last year because of the reduction in laying hens.
  9. "We don't like to make the goose that lays the golden egg uncomfortable.
  10. Unfortunately, Richard Baskin's recreation of that spirited show in "SING" is as flat as a stale egg cream.
  11. In winter, she had trouble just keeping the lab warm enough for the delicate egg and sperm cultures.
  12. In addition to Winterfest, this holiday season marks the debut of Southern Comfort egg nog; Eveready Energizer batteries decorated with little snowmen; and Christmas Crunch cereal.
  13. And one's nest egg could literally go up in smoke.
  14. A King Penguin approach focuses me on one giant egg (while earning interest on other cash assets). Unearthing spectacular growth stocks is an exciting treasure hunt.
  15. I can't remember the last time I had an egg.
  16. Zoo officials also took that egg away for artificial incubation in hopes that Cachuma would "double clutch" or lay a second egg.
  17. Zoo officials also took that egg away for artificial incubation in hopes that Cachuma would "double clutch" or lay a second egg.
  18. They flower freely on pergolas in Somerset or up the front of sunny houses in London, showing small roses whose double flowers are the colour of lightly scrambled egg.
  19. Baker, a long-time researcher into egg safety, said in a telephone interview Wednesday that lab tests at 53 New York State farms last year failed to turn up any trace of salmonella enteritidis contamination.
  20. That is quite a defense system for a mere egg, and it took eons for humans to perfect anything quite so formidable: the tin can.
  21. With the clock ticking, the company needed another hit and thought it would be Simplesse, an engineered mixture of whipped egg whites and skim milk that had been developed in 1979 by Labatt Brewing Ltd., in London, Ontario.
  22. The egg will be removed from the nest and placed in incubation sometime Wednesday, Wallace said.
  23. So the revolution can by no means be branded a failure." Former junior health minister Edwina Currie emerged smiling Wednesday from a grilling by fellow lawmakers over her remark that most British egg production was affected by food poisoning bacteria.
  24. Israel is setting aside $5,000 a month for convicted spy and former U.S. Navy intelligence expert Jonathan J. Pollard as a nest egg for when he is released from prison, according to a new book.
  25. "There were different objects hitting the vehicle, and there was egg on the windshield.
  26. Scientists should know in seven to 10 days whether the egg is fertilized.
  27. Simon searched for votes as children hunted eggs at an Easter egg hunt in Madison.
  28. The battle plan worked out by state and U.S. agriculture officials includes spreading a poison-laced bran and oil mixture on egg beds at the mouths of canyons where the insects are hatching.
  29. The recommendations "will force food handlers and restaurateurs to treat the egg with the kind of respect it deserves.
  30. Gourmets may take their pick among Falafel and souvlaki, Burritos, blintzes, egg foo yong, And frozen teriyaki.
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