goad: [OE] Goad comes via prehistoric Germanic *gaidō from an Indo-European base *ghai-. This also produced an Old English word for ‘spear’, gār, which survives today in garlic [OE], etymologically ‘spear leek’. => garlic
goad (n.)
Old English gad "point, spearhead, arrowhead, pointed stick used for driving cattle," from Proto-Germanic *gaido "goad, spear" (cognates: Lombardic gaida "spear"), from suffixed form of PIE root *ghei- (1) "to propel, prick" (cognates: Sanskrit hetih "missile, projectile," himsati "he injures;" Avestan zaena- "weapon;" Greek khaios "shepherd's staff;" Old English gar "spear;" Old Irish gae "spear"). Figurative use "anything that urges or stimulates" is since 16c., probably from the Bible.
goad (v.)
1570s, from goad (n.); earliest use is figurative, "incite, stimulate, instigate." Literal use by 1610s. Related: Goaded; goading.
实用例句
1. His opposition acted as a goad to her determination to succeed.
他的反对反而刺激她坚定了取得成功的决心。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He wondered if the psychiatrist was trying to goad him into some unguarded response.
他怀疑那位精神科医生试图刺激他作出一些本能的反应。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Ellie uses wit as a goad to try to force people to see what is in front of them.
埃莉运用自己的机智风趣启发人们，努力使他们看清眼前的东西。
来自柯林斯例句
4. " I want somebody very goad, very safe , to plant that gun, " he told Clemenza.