英文中与“猪”相关的语义和英文表达(二)

在上一期,我们总结了"猪"的旧称swine与现代的统称pig的用法,在本期我们具体讨论英语中的三个"pig"的同义词--hog,sow和boar,并浅谈生肖"猪"的英译。六、hog n.食用猪,阉公猪;v.多占,独占商务印书馆《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第9版第1038页对hog这样解释:“1.(especially AmE) a pig, especially one that is kept and made fat for eating(尤指喂肥供食用的)猪 2.(BrE) a male pig that has been CASTRATED (= had part of its sex organsremoved) and is kept for its meat(供食用的)阉公猪。”