Poach

(verb.) cook in a simmering liquid; 'poached apricots'.

(verb.) hunt illegally; 'people are poaching elephants for their ivory'.

整理:莱缪尔

• Sam Miles had been caught poaching, and Peter Bailey had gone to the workhouse at last. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It's a little against my feeling:--poaching, now, if you come to look into it--I have often thought of getting up the subject. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• They say he is addicted to poaching, and often goes abroad at night with his gun. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He (who had been formerly inclined to be a sad free-thinker on these points) entered into poaching and game preserving with ardour. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Never poached upon old Fagin! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.

录入:莫拉