vt.

1. 刺激；驱使；唆使[（+into/to/on）][O2]
   She was tired of dancing but the need for money goaded her on.

   她厌倦跳舞，但对钱的需求驱使她做下去。

   He kept goading me to fight.

   他不断煽动我去打架。

   They goaded him into doing it by saying he was a coward.

   他们说他是个胆小鬼，以此刺激他去做这事。

2. 驱赶（家畜）

n.[C]

1. （驱赶家畜用的）刺棒
2. 刺激物；刺激；激励

v.

1. provoke to action or reaction.
2. drive with a spiked stick.

n.

1. a spiked stick to drive driving cattle.
2. a thing that stimulates someone into action.