• vt. 水煮；偷猎；窃取；把…踏成泥浆
• vi. 偷猎；侵犯；剽窃

来自古法语pochier,放入口袋，包起来，来自poche,包，包裹，来自Proto-Germanic*puk,袋子，来自PIE*bu,beu,鼓起，膨胀，词源同ball,pock,pouch.后用于比喻义像蛋白包裹着蛋黄，引申词义炖，煨，煮。

词源不确定，可能来自法语pocher,装入口袋，词源同poach.或来自古法语pochier,刺，捅， 词源同poke.引申词义越界，偷猎，偷捕。

poach

poach: English has two words poach, both of which go back ultimately to Old French pocher ‘put in a bag’, a derivative of poche ‘bag’ (source of English pocket and pouch). The cookery term [15] is an allusion to the forming of little ‘bags’ or ‘pockets’ around the yolk of eggs by the coagulating white. Poach ‘steal’ [17] seems to mean etymologically ‘put in one’s pocket’.
=> pocket, pouch

poach (v.1)

"steal game," 1520s, "to push, poke," from Middle French pocher "to thrust, poke," from Old French pochier "poke out, gouge, prod, jab," from a Germanic source (compare Middle High German puchen "to pound, beat, knock," German pochen, Middle Dutch boken "to beat") related to poke (v.). Sense of "trespass for the sake of stealing" is first attested 1610s, perhaps via notion of "thrusting" oneself onto another's property, or perhaps from French pocher "to pocket" (see poach (v.2)). Related: Poached; poaching.

poach (v.2)

"cook in liquid," early 15c., from Old French poché, past participle of pochier (12c.), literally "put into a pocket" (as the white of an egg forms a pocket for the yolk), from poche "bag, pocket," from Frankish *pokka "bag," from Proto-Germanic *puk- (see poke (n.)). Related: Poached; poaching.

1. Schools should not compete with each other or attempt to poach pupils.

学校之间不应该相互竞争，也不应该企图挖走彼此的学生。

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2. Poach the pears in apple juice for perhaps ten minutes at most.

把梨放入苹果汁中，最多煮10分钟左右。

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3. Poach the chicken until just cooked.

用文火把鸡肉煮到刚刚熟。

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4. Poach the eggs for 4 minutes.

把鸡蛋打入开水中煮4分钟。

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5. Put on a pan of water to simmer and gently poach the eggs.

放一锅水，用文火煮荷包蛋。

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