n (1)卵细胞(in the female mammal，the cell from which the young one is formed) [C]： fertilize the～of the female 使卵子受精;

(2) 蛋，卵 (oval object in a shell laid by a bird or reptile， from which a young one is hatched) [C]： hatch/lay～s 孵/生卵; Fish come from/are hatched from～s. 鱼类为卵生。

(3) (鸡)蛋 (such an object laid by a hen used as food) [U，C]： boiled/fried～s 煮/煎鸡蛋; an～white 蛋白; have some egg on one's shirt/one's chin 衣服/下颌沾上了一点鸡蛋;

a bad/a good egg 坏/好人：send a bad～to prison 将坏人送进监狱;

have/get/be left with egg on/all over one's face 由于过错而难堪：He had～on his face when his prediction was proved wrong. 当他的预言被证明错了时，他显得很尴尬。

lay an egg 彻底失败：What if the show lays an～? 要是演出失败了怎么办?

have/put all one's eggs in one basket 孤注一掷： He put all his～s in one basket when he invested all his money in one firm. 他孤注一掷，将所有的钱都投资于一家公司。

teach one's grandmother to suck eggs 班门弄斧：It was a case of him teaching his grandmother to suck～s when he told me how to pitch a tent—I had been going camping for years. 他对我讲如何支帐篷，这是在班门弄斧——我进行野营活动已经好多年了。

v 怂恿，煽动 (encourage or urge sb to do sth，esp sth bad or dangerous) [T+n+prep(on)，T+n+prep(on)+to-inf]：～sb to steal the radio/to apply for a better job/to fight the other boys/to save money 怂恿某人偷半导体/申请更好的工作/与别的孩子打架/存钱; keep～ing sb on 不住地怂恿某人; Egged on by him，I played a shameful trick on the old man. 在他的怂恿下，我可耻地捉弄了那个老人。