goad

英[gəʊd] 美[ɡod]

反义词

复数: goads;第三人称单数: goads;过去式: goaded;过去分词: goaded;现在分词: goading;

goad 招惹，刺激

来自PIE*ghei, 刺，刺激，词源同gar, goad.

goad: goad: [OE] Goad comes via prehistoric Germanic *gaidō from an Indo-European base *ghai-. This also produced an Old English word for ‘spear’, gār, which survives today in garlic [OE], etymologically ‘spear leek’.
=> garlic
goad (n.): Old English gad "point, spearhead, arrowhead, pointed stick used for driving cattle," from Proto-Germanic *gaido "goad, spear" (cognates: Lombardic gaida "spear"), from suffixed form of PIE root *ghei- (1) "to propel, prick" (cognates: Sanskrit hetih "missile, projectile," himsati "he injures;" Avestan zaena- "weapon;" Greek khaios "shepherd's staff;" Old English gar "spear;" Old Irish gae "spear"). Figurative use "anything that urges or stimulates" is since 16c., probably from the Bible.
goad (v.): 1570s, from goad (n.); earliest use is figurative, "incite, stimulate, instigate." Literal use by 1610s. Related: Goaded; goading.

1. His opposition acted as a goad to her determination to succeed.: 他的反对反而刺激她坚定了取得成功的决心。

2. He wondered if the psychiatrist was trying to goad him into some unguarded response.: 他怀疑那位精神科医生试图刺激他作出一些本能的反应。

3. Ellie uses wit as a goad to try to force people to see what is in front of them.: 埃莉运用自己的机智风趣启发人们，努力使他们看清眼前的东西。

4. " I want somebody very goad, very safe , to plant that gun, " he told Clemenza.: “ 我看,得找一个非常精明、非常可靠的人去把枪摆到预定地点去, ” 他对克莱门扎说.