poach
v[Tn, Tn.pr]
(a) cook (fish, fruit, etc) by simmering it gently in a small amount of liquid (用少量水)燉, 煨(魚、 水果等)
apricots poached in syrup 糖水煨杏.
(b) cook (an egg without its shell) by putting it in (or in a container over) simmering water 煮(荷包蛋).
poach v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn]
~ (for sth) catch (game birds, animals or fish) without permission on sb else's property (進入他人地界)偷獵, 偷捕(鳥、 獸或魚)
go out poaching on a farmer's land 到農場主土地上偷獵
Fred was caught poaching hares. 弗雷德因偷獵野兔被捉.
2
(a) [Ipr] ~ on sth be active in an area that properly belongs to sb else 在他人范圍內活動
Rival salesmen were poaching on his territory. 這些推銷員是競爭對手, 卻跑到他的地盤來兜生意.
By interfering in this matter you are poaching on my preserve, ie dealing with sth that is my responsibility. 你干預此事就是在我的責任范圍內越俎代庖.
(b) [Tn] take (staff or ideas) from sb/sth, esp in an underhand way 從某人[某處]挖走(人員)或竊取(思想)
A rival firm poached our best computer programmers. 我公司的競爭對手把我們最好的計算機程序編制員挖走了.
A new political party usually poaches ideas from its rivals. 新政黨往往把敵對政黨的思想攫為己有.