noun🔗Share凿子，槽。 Senses relating to cutting tools."The carpenter used a sharp gouge to carve the intricate design into the wooden bowl. "木匠用一把锋利的凿子在木碗上雕刻出精美的图案。utensiltechnicalmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share凿痕，凹槽. A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp."The nail left a deep gouge in the tire."钉子在轮胎上留下了一道很深的凿痕/凹槽。markactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share敲竹杠， 诈取 (originally United States) An act of gouging."The repairman's estimate felt like a gouge, charging far more than the actual work was worth. "这个修理工的估价感觉就像是敲竹杠，要价远远超过了实际工作的价值。businesseconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share敲竹杠, 欺诈 A cheat, a fraud; an imposition."The used car salesman's high price was a clear gouge. "二手车销售员开出的高价明显是敲竹杠。businessfinanceeconomymoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share骗子，冒牌货。 An impostor.""The new professor seemed knowledgeable at first, but after a few weeks, we realized he was a gouge; he clearly didn't have the expertise he claimed." "这位新教授一开始看起来很有学问，但过了几个星期，我们才发现他是个冒牌货，显然他根本没有他声称的那些专业知识。characterpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share脉石，矿脉填石 Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore."The miner carefully chipped away the gouge of clay to expose the valuable ore vein. "矿工小心地凿去脉石上的泥土，以便露出珍贵的矿脉。geologymaterialmineralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share内幕消息，情报。 Information."The journalist received a valuable gouge about the politician's secret dealings. "这位记者收到了关于那位政客秘密交易的宝贵内幕消息。infocommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share凿，挖，剜。 To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge."Japanese and Chinese printers used to gouge characters in wood."日本和中国的印刷工匠过去常常在木头上凿刻文字。markactionutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share敲竹杠，宰客 To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price."The company has no competition, so it tends to gouge its customers."这家公司因为没有竞争对手，所以经常敲顾客的竹杠。businesseconomymoralfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share挖出, 剜出， 戳出 To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket."The angry boy tried to gouge his brother's eye. "那个生气的男孩试图把他哥哥的眼睛戳出来。bodyactioninhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share凿，剜。 To use a gouge."The carpenter used a gouge to carve the intricate design into the wooden bowl. "木匠用凿子在木碗上雕刻出精美的图案。utensilactionworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
