egg

n.蛋；卵；蛋形物

vt.用蛋覆盖；向 ... 扔蛋

vt.怂恿；煽动

The egg nestled in the long grass. 蛋隐藏在高草中。

The black hen lays an egg a day. 那只黑母鸡每天生一个蛋。

The egg hatches into a larva (caterpillar). 卵孵化成了幼虫（毛虫）。

You start your life in an egg like this. 你的生命从这样的一个卵开始。

Chocolate egg is traditionally eat on Easter day. 人们按传统吃巧克力彩蛋庆祝复活节。

Egg mayonnaise is made with mayonnaise and hard-boiled eggs. 鸡蛋美乃滋是用蛋黄酱和煮老的鸡蛋做成的。

Don't let him egg you on--you shouldn't take any notice of him. 别听他煽动，你根本就不要去理睬他。

Don't egg him on to play a trick on others. 不要怂恿他捉弄别人。

Why do you egg him on to do what you won't do yourself? 你自己不干,为什么撺掇他呢?

egg的基本意思是“蛋,卵”,指鸟类、爬行动物、昆虫等产的卵,作此解时,是可数名词,当egg泛指“蛋”“卵”时,常用复数形式。

egg还可作“蛋”“鸡蛋”解,指用作食物的蛋,即打开壳供烹调用的蛋,是不可数名词,可用a bit of egg表示“一点蛋” 。

在科技术语中egg可指卵细胞。