/pəʊtʃ; potʃ/
v [Tn, Tn.pr]
(a) cook (fish, fruit, etc) by simmering it gently in a small amount of liquid （用少量水）炖, 煨（鱼、水果等）
*apricots poached in syrup 糖水煨杏.
(b) cook (an egg without its shell) by putting it in (or in a container over) simmering water 煮（荷包蛋）.

/pəʊtʃ; potʃ/
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn] ~ (for sth) catch (game birds, animals or fish) without permission on sb else's property （进入他人地界）偷猎, 偷捕（鸟、兽或鱼）
*go out poaching on a farmer's land 到农场主土地上偷猎
* Fred was caught poaching hares. 弗雷德因偷猎野兔被捉.
2 (a) [Ipr] ~ on sth be active in an area that properly belongs to sb else 在他人范围内活动
*Rival salesmen were poaching on his territory. 这些推销员是竞争对手, 却跑到他的地盘来兜生意.
* By interfering in this matter you are poaching on my preserve, ie dealing with sth that is my responsibility. 你干预此事就是在我的责任范围内越俎代庖.
(b) [Tn] take (staff or ideas) from sb/sth, esp in an underhand way 从某人[某处]挖走（人员）或窃取（思想）
*A rival firm poached our best computer programmers. 我公司的竞争对手把我们最好的计算机程序编制员挖走了.
* A new political party usually poaches ideas from its rivals. 新政党往往把敌对政党的思想攫为己有.

v

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1【cook】
2【animals】
3【people】
4【steal ideas】
5 poach on somebody's territory/preserve

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[Sense: 1; Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin: pochier, from poche 'bag, pocket']
[Sense: 2-5; Date: 1600-1700; Language: Old French;Origin: pocher]
【COOK】 [T]
a) to cook an egg in or over gently boiling water, without its shell
　poached eggs on toast
b) to gently cook food, especially fish, in a small amount of boiling water, milk etc
　Poach the salmon in white wine and water.
【ANIMALS】 [I and T]
to illegally catch or shoot animals, birds, or fish, especially on private land without permission
　Deer have been poached here for years.
【PEOPLE】 [T]
to persuade someone who belongs to another organization, team etc to leave it and join yours, especially in a secret or dishonest way
　That company's always poaching our staff.
poach from
　Several of their reporters were poached from other papers.
【STEAL IDEAS】 [T]
to take and use someone else's ideas unfairly or illegally
poach from
　characters poached from Shakespeare
poach on sb's territory/preserve
BrE to do something that is someone else's responsibility, especially when they do not want you to do it
>poachingn[U]
　the poaching of elephants for their ivory tusks