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1. Oxford Dictionary

   goad

   • IPA[ɡəʊd]

   英式

   • v.
     provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction；drive (an animal) with a spiked stick
   • n.
     a spiked stick used for driving cattle.；a thing that stimulates someone into action

   • verb: goad, 3rd person present: goads, gerund or present participle: goading, past tense: goaded, past participle: goaded

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction he was trying to goad her into a fight
   • 2. drive (an animal) with a spiked stick the cowboys goaded their cattle across the meadows

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a spiked stick used for driving cattle. 同義詞 prod, spiked stick, spike, staff, crook, ... 更多pole, rod, ankus, archaicprick
   • ▪ a thing that stimulates someone into action for him the visit was a goad to renewed effort 同義詞 stimulus, incentive, encouragement, stimulant, stimulation, ... 更多inducement, fillip, impetus, impulse, spur, prod, prompt, incitement, motive, motivation, informalkick in the pants, kick up the backside, shot in the arm
3. • 更多解釋

   goad

   • IPA[ɡōd]

   美式

   • v.
     provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction: he goaded her on to more daring revelations
   • n.
     a spiked stick used for driving cattle.

   Oxford American Dictionary