goad 音标拼音: [g'od]
n . 刺棒,激励物,刺激物
vt . 用刺棒驱赶,激励,刺激,唆使,煽动
刺棒,激励物,刺激物用刺棒驱赶,激励,刺激,唆使,煽动
goad n 1 :
a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion [
synonym : {
prod }, {
goad }]
2 :
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something ;
"
the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves " [
synonym : {
goad },
{
goading }, {
prod }, {
prodding }, {
urging }, {
spur }, {
spurring }]
v 1 :
give heart or courage to [
synonym : {
spur }, {
goad }]
2 :
urge with or as if with a goad 3 :
stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick [
synonym : {
goad },
{
prick }]
4 :
goad or provoke ,
as by constant criticism ; "
He needled her with his sarcastic remarks " [
synonym : {
needle }, {
goad }]
Goad \
Goad \,
n . [
AS .
g [=
a ]
d ;
perh .
akin to AS .
g [=
a ]
r a dart ,
and E .
gore .
See {
Gore },
v .
t .]
A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast ;
hence ,
any necessity that urges or stimulates .
[
1913 Webster ]
The daily goad urging him to the daily toil .
--
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
Goad \
Goad \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Goaded };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Goading }.]
To prick ;
to drive with a goad ;
hence ,
to urge forward ,
or to rouse by anything pungent ,
severe ,
irritating ,
or inflaming ;
to stimulate .
[
1913 Webster ]
That temptation that doth goad us on . --
Shak .
Syn :
To urge ;
stimulate ;
excite ;
arouse ;
irritate ;
incite ;
instigate .
[
1913 Webster ]
104 Moby Thesaurus words for "
goad ":
actuate ,
animate ,
assault ,
bear ,
bear upon ,
boost ,
buck ,
bull ,
bulldoze ,
bump ,
bump against ,
bunt ,
butt ,
butt against ,
cage ,
catalyst ,
coerce ,
compel ,
compulsion ,
corral ,
cram ,
crowd ,
desire ,
dig ,
drive ,
drive on ,
drove ,
egg on ,
elbow ,
exhort ,
flog ,
force ,
forward ,
gad ,
gadfly ,
give an impetus ,
give momentum ,
herd ,
hurtle ,
hustle ,
impel ,
impetus ,
impulse ,
impulsion ,
incentive ,
incitation ,
incite ,
incitement ,
instigate ,
jab ,
jam ,
jog ,
joggle ,
jolt ,
jostle ,
lash ,
lust ,
motivate ,
motivation ,
move ,
needle ,
nudge ,
oxgoad ,
passion ,
pile drive ,
poke ,
power ,
press ,
prick ,
prod ,
prompt ,
propel ,
punch ,
punch cattle ,
push ,
put in motion ,
ram ,
ram down ,
rattle ,
ride herd on ,
round up ,
rowel ,
run ,
run against ,
set agoing ,
set going ,
set in motion ,
shake ,
shepherd ,
shoulder ,
shove ,
sic ,
spur ,
stimulant ,
sting ,
stress ,
tamp ,
thrust ,
urge ,
whip ,
whip on ,
whiplash ,
wrangle ,
zeal Goad (
Heb .
malmad ,
only in Judg .
3 :
31 ),
an instrument used by ploughmen for guiding their oxen .
Shamgar slew six hundred Philistines with an ox -
goad . "
The goad is a formidable weapon .
It is sometimes ten feet long ,
and has a sharp point .
We could now see that the feat of Shamgar was not so very wonderful as some have been accustomed to think ."
In 1 Sam .
13 :
21 ,
a different Hebrew word is used ,
_dorban_ ,
meaning something pointed .
The expression (
Acts 9 :
5 ,
omitted in the R .
V .), "
It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks ",
i .
e .,
against the goad ,
was proverbial for unavailing resistance to superior power .
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