資料來源 : pyDict

山羊,替罪羊;壞人,色鬼

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Goat \Goat\, n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. g[=a]t; akin to D. geit,
   OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth.
   gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus {Capra}, of several
   species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat ({C. hircus}),
   which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.

   Note: The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have
         long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile
         fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat ({Capra [ae]gagrus}),
         of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its
         stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species
         ofthe domestic goat. The Rocky Montain goat
         ({Haplocercus montanus}) is more nearly related to the
         antelopes. See {Mazame}.

   {Goat antelope} (Zo["o]l), one of several species of
      antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having
      recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short,
      flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara.

   {Goat fig} (Bot.), the wild fig.

   {Goat house}.
   (a) A place for keeping goats.
   (b) A brothel. [Obs.]

   {Goat moth} (Zo["o]l.), any moth of the genus {Cossus}, esp.
      the large European species ({C. ligniperda}), the larva of
      which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three
      years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the
      he-goat.

   {Goat weed} (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus
      {Capraria} ({C. biflora}).

   {Goat's bane} (Bot.), a poisonous plant ({Aconitum
      Lucoctonum}), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from
      Switzerland into England; wolfsbane.

   {Goat's beard} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Tragopogon}; --
      so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One
      species is the salsify or oyster plant.

   {Goat's foot} (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel ({Oxalis
      caprina}) growing at the Cape of Good Hope.

   {Goat's rue} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Galega officinalis}
      of Europe, or {Tephrosia Virginiana} in the United
      States).

   {Goat's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Astragalus
      Tragacanthus}), found in the Levant.

   {Goat's wheat} (Bot.), the genus {Tragopyrum} (now referred
      to {Atraphaxis}).

資料來源 : WordNet®

goat
     n 1: any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having
          a beard and straight horns [syn: {caprine animal}]
     2: a victim of ridicule or pranks [syn: {butt}, {laughingstock},
         {stooge}]
     3: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in
        Capricorn [syn: {Capricorn}]
     4: the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
        about December 22 to January 19 [syn: {Capricorn}, {Capricorn
        the Goat}]