pork

pork — noun

1. pig meat prepared for cooking and eating, including fresh cuts and salted ones

1.名詞B1
釋義

pig meat prepared for cooking and eating, including fresh cuts and salted ones

例句

Dad grilled pork chops while Mina washed the salad leaves.

collocation: pork chops

The soup had noodles, cabbage, and thin slices of pork.

pattern: slices of pork

同義詞
  • pig meat

    an explanatory phrase rather than the usual everyday label

  • ham

    more specific, usually cured meat from a pig's leg

  • bacon

    more specific, usually thin salted slices from the pig

文法句型

eat pork

cook pork

pork chops

roast pork

用法筆記

Usually uncountable. When speakers talk about separate pieces, they often say 'a pork chop', 'a slice of pork', or name a cut. Distinguish from 'pig', which names the animal.

常見錯誤

❌We had pig for dinner.
✅We had pork for dinner.
💡'pig' is the animal; 'pork' is the meat used as food.

2. public money directed to a politician's own area or supporters to help keep thei

2.名詞C1
釋義

public money directed to a politician's own area or supporters to help keep their votes

例句

Reporters called the new stadium grant pork for the senator's district.

political slang: pork for a district

Voters grew angry when the bill added pork for two small towns.

同義詞
  • pork-barrel spending

    the fuller political phrase; more explicit and slightly more formal

  • earmark

    a more neutral term for money set aside for a project, not always criticized

  • patronage

    broader and can include jobs or favors, not only spending

文法句型

cut pork from a bill

pork for a district

call something pork

attack pork in the budget

用法筆記

Usually uncountable and mainly heard in American political talk. It can refer to the money itself or to a local project seen as a way to reward supporters. Distinguish from sense 1, which is about food.

常見錯誤

❌Free school lunches are pork.
✅Critics called the mayor's hometown bridge project pork.
💡this word is used for spending seen as a political favor, not for ordinary public services.