egg on

英 [eɡ ɒn]

美 [eɡ ɑːn]

怂恿; 煽动; 唆使

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 怂恿;煽动;唆使
  If youegga personon, you encourage them to do something, especially something dangerous or foolish.
  1. He was lifting up handfuls of leaves and throwing them at her. She was laughing and egging him on...
     他抓起一把把叶子扔向她，她大笑着鼓动他。
  2. They egged each other on to argue and to fight.
     他们互相拱火，大打大闹。

英英释义

verb

• urge on
  1. The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window
  Synonym:prodincite

双语例句

• Which bird holds its egg on its feet?
  什么鸟把蛋放在自己的脚上？
• The little boy is trying to stand the egg on end.
  这个小男孩在试着把鸡蛋竖着放。
• This was the year the naysayers in the medical establishment GOT high-cholesterol egg on their faces.
  这些年那些相信医学上的研究而向高胆固醇的东西说不的人被耍的团团转。
• No one wants to get egg on his face by having missed something obvious.
  这种态度值得理解，谁都不愿意因为漏掉了某些明显数据而被扔臭鸡蛋。
• He asked them to stand an egg on end.
  他要求他们把一只鸡蛋竖起来。
• Some parent had come up with the idea to have the picnic kind of races, like pass the potato under your neck and hold an egg on a spoon while you run to the other side.
  有些父母想出了一些点子，举行一个野餐式的竞赛，比如在你跑到另一个方的时候，传奇私服，把土豆从你脖子后传递给他人，勺子里放个鸡蛋。
• If they take this game lightly they could end up with egg on their faces.
  如果他们对这场比赛掉以轻心，结果很可能会出丑。
• The child got egg on his face while eating.
  这小孩吃东西时把蛋沾在脸上。
• The boy had a goose egg on his forehead from playing basketball.
  这男孩因打篮球而前额打肿了一块。
• I got a goose egg on the exam.
  我考试得了零分。