poach /ˈpoʧ/
 (vt.)水煮(荷包蛋),偷獵,侵入,偷得(vi.)偷獵,陷入泥中


 Poach, v. i. To become soft or muddy.
    Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach in winter.   --Mortimer.

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 Poach v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poached p. pr. & vb. n. Poaching.]
 1. To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.
 2. To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder.


 Poach, v. i. To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon.


 Poach, v. t.
 1. To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish. [Obs.]
 2. To force, drive, or plunge into anything. [Obs.]
    His horse poching one of his legs into some hollow ground.   --Sir W. Temple.
 3. To make soft or muddy by trampling.
 4. To begin and not complete. [Obs.]


 poach
      v 1: hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their
           ivory"
      2: cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots"