资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Poach \Poach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Poaching}.] [F. pocher to place in a pocket, to poach eggs
   (the yolk of the egg being as it were pouched in the white),
   from poche pocket, pouch. See {Pouch}, v. & n.]
   1. To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water;
      also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.
      --Bacon.

   2. To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as
      game; hence, to plunder. --Garth.

资料来源 : WordNet®

poaching
     n : cooking in simmering liquid