pig

Compared meaning: a pig raised for meat (noun).

比较义项：猪（作为肉用饲养的家畜）（名词）。

• pig 本词

  The common, general word for the animal at any age, size, or setting; used in everyday speech, on small farms, and in compounds like 'guinea pig'.

  这是最普通、最随处可用的说法，可以指任何年龄或体型的猪；用于日常口语、小型农场，也出现在 guinea pig（豚鼠）之类的复合词中。

  As kids, we fed the pigs at my grandfather's farm every summer.

  小时候，我们每年夏天都会在爷爷的农场喂 pig。

• hog

  A more specific, somewhat technical American farming term for a large, full-grown pig raised for meat or slaughter; sounds more professional and agricultural than 'pig'.

  这是一个更具体、略显专业的美式农业用语，特指体型较大、已经长成、专门为肉用或屠宰而饲养的猪；比 pig 更显专业和农业化。

  The market-ready hogs were loaded onto the truck for slaughter.

  这些已经达到出栏体重的 hog 被装上卡车送去屠宰。

Both words can mean a pig raised for meat. Pig is the common, general word for the animal, any age or size. Hog is more technical, used in American farming for a large, full-grown pig ready for slaughter. Other meanings are not compared here.

这两个词在“作为肉用饲养的猪”这个意义上很接近：pig 是最普通、随处可用的说法，而 hog 语气更偏专业化，多用于美式农业语境，强调体型较大、已经长成、准备宰杀出售的猪。这里不比较 pig 表示“贪婪或邋遢的人”的比喻义，也不比较 hog 作动词表示“独占，霸占”的用法（如 hog the remote）。