Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense, 3rd person singular present tense gouges, present participle gouging, past tense, past participle gouged
1VERB 凿;挖 If you gouge something, you make a hole or a long cut in it, usually with a pointed object. 凿;挖
He gouged her cheek with a screwdriver. [VERB noun prep.]
他用螺丝刀戳她的脸颊。
...quarries which have gouged great holes in the hills. [VERB noun prep.]
3VERB 诈骗…的钱财;敲…的竹杠;向…漫天要价 If you say that a business gouges its customers, you mean that it forces them to pay an unfairly high price for its goods or services. 诈骗…的钱财;敲…的竹杠;向…漫天要价 [mainly US, informal, disapproval]
Banks and credit-card companies have been accused of gouging their customers. [VERB noun]
银行和信用卡公司被指控欺诈顾客。
gouging
The airline industry has charged the oil companies with price gouging.