pork
gb/pˈɔɹk/ us/pˈɔɹk/
A2
Engleză
~ 9000
Sensuri
0 sensuri
Substantiv
A2
entity
1
meat from a pig
Meat from a pig that people eat.
Tipar de utilizare:
cook [pork]; eat [pork] with [something]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes say *"a pork"* when they should say *"some pork"* for the general meat. Use countable nouns for specific pieces, e.g. *"a pork chop"*, *"three slices of pork"*. Learners also confuse *pig* (the animal) with *pork* (the meat).
Sinonime
pig meat (A clear, descriptive phrase sometimes used to explain what pork is; less natural as a normal food word.)
Antonime
beef (Meat from a cow; contrasted with pork when choosing or comparing different meats.)
Colocații
pork chop
|roast pork
|pulled pork
|pork sausage
|pork belly
|pork ribs
Teme
food
|daily life
|food_drink
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- We’re having roast pork with vegetables for dinner tonight.
- The restaurant is famous for its spicy grilled pork.
- She doesn’t eat pork for religious reasons.
- Ground pork is often used in dumpling fillings.
- The recipe calls for 500 grams of lean pork.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- I bought some pork at the market.
- He cooked pork with rice and beans.
- My family does not eat pork.
- This soup has pork and vegetables in it.
Substantiv
informal
C1
entity
2
politically motivated local spending
Government money spent on local projects mostly to help politicians look good, not because the whole country needs them.
Tipar de utilizare:
[pork] in [a bill]; cut [the] pork from [something]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners often know *pork* only as meat and may misunderstand news headlines like *"Bill stuffed with pork"*. In political contexts, *pork* does not refer to food but to special local spending for political advantage.
Sinonime
pork-barrel spending (More explicit and slightly more formal; clearly refers to this kind of political spending.)
Antonime
austerity (A policy of strict limits on government spending, the opposite of adding extra local projects for political gain.)
Colocații
pork-barrel politics
|pork spending
|political pork
|cut the pork
|full of pork
Teme
politics
|economics
|finance
|law
Exemple
- The senator promised to bring more pork back to his home state.
- Critics say the bill is loaded with pork that has nothing to do with disaster relief.
- Voters are increasingly angry about pork and backroom political deals.
- The governor vetoed the budget, calling it a package of wasteful pork.
- They tried to strip the pork from the legislation before the final vote.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- Some people think the new road is just political pork.
- The newspaper said the budget is full of pork projects.
- Many voters do not like pork because they see it as a waste of money.
Verb
vulgar
C1
action
3
have sex with (vulgar)
To have sex with someone, said in a very rude way.
Tipar de utilizare:
pork [someone]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may try to use this verb jokingly without realizing how crude and offensive it sounds in most situations. It is much stronger and ruder than expressions like *"sleep with"* or *"hook up with"*, and should generally be avoided in polite conversation or writing.
Sinonime
sleep with (Much more neutral and common; can be informal but is not as crude or insulting.)
Antonime
abstain (To choose not to have sex; the opposite action in this context.)
Colocații
pork her
|pork him
|pork some girl
Teme
relationships
|sexuality
|daily_life
Exemple
- He bragged to his friends that he had porked his ex over the weekend.
- That kind of movie dialogue, where guys talk about porking women, can sound very misogynistic.
- The comedian used the word "pork" on stage to shock the audience with a crude joke.
- In the leaked recording, the star was heard boasting about how many women he had porked.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The word "pork" as a verb is very rude and you should not use it.
- In the movie, one man talks about porking a girl, which is offensive language.
- This verb is slang for having sex and can sound hateful toward women.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
pork
IPA
GB/pˈɔɹk/
US/pˈɔɹk/
Silabe și accent
pork (1 silabă)
Stress on 1st syllable (pork)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: pork
- Plural: pork
Familie de cuvinte
Related words
pig
noun A1
Advanced or less common
porky
adjective
porker
noun
porcine
adjective
Expresii
pork barrel
1/pˈɔɹk bˈɛɹəl/
idiom
local-focused political spending
Government money used for special local projects that mainly help one area or group, often to win votes.
Exemple
- Opponents called the bridge project classic pork barrel.
- The reformers promised to end pork barrel in national politics.
pork out
1/pˈɔɹk ˈaʊt/
phrasal verb
informal
eat far too much
To eat a lot of food, in a way that looks greedy or unhealthy.
Exemple
- We totally porked out on pizza and ice cream last night.
- He’s trying not to pork out during the holidays this year.
pork-barrel spending
1/pˈɔɹk bˈɛɹəl spˈɛndɪŋ/
fixed phrase
spending to reward local supporters
Government spending on local projects that is mainly used to help a politician’s own district or friends, not the whole country.
Exemple
- The president criticized pork-barrel spending in Congress as a waste of taxpayer money.
- Journalists discovered millions in pork-barrel spending hidden in the defense bill.