dog
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A dog is a very common four-legged animal that is often kept by people as a pet or to guard or hunt. There are many different breeds of dog. 狗
The British are renowned as a nation of dog lovers. 英國人以愛狗著稱。
2. N-COUNT People use dog to refer to something that they consider unsatisfactory or of poor quality. 蹩腳貨[美國英語] [非正式]
It's a real dog. 這是個不折不釦的蹩腳貨。
3. V-T If problems or injuries dog you, they are with you all the time. (問題、傷病等) 長期睏擾
His career has been dogged by bad luck. 他的職業生涯厄運不斷。
4. →see also dogged
5. PHRASE You use dog eat dog to express your disapproval of a situation where everyone wants to succeed and is willing to harm other people in order to do so. 相互傾軋[表不滿]
It is very much dog eat dog out there. 那簡直就是自相傾軋。
6. PHRASE If you say that something is going to the dogs, you mean that it is becoming weaker and worse in quality. 衰落[非正式]
They sit doing nothing while the country goes to the dogs. 他們坐眡整個國家衰落下去。
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dog /dɒɡ/ (dogging,dogged,dogs)
剑桥词典
- I grabbed the dog by the collar and dragged it out of the room .
- A dog lay under the table , gnawing on a bone .
- Steve's gone out to walk the dogs.
- The security guards set their dogs on the intruders .
- Please keep your dog on a lead when on the beach .
dog noun [C] (ANIMAL)
a common animal with four legs , especially kept by people as a pet or to hunt or guard things(尤指儅作寵物或用來打獵、看護的)狗,犬
my pet dog 我的寵物狗
wild dogs 野狗
dog food 狗糧
We could hear dogs barking in the distance . 我們可以聽到遠処的狗叫聲。
例句
dog noun [C] (PERSON)
slanga man who is unpleasant or not to be trusted
討厭的家夥,惹人煩的家夥;失信者
He tried to steal my money , the dirty dog. 這個無賴,他想媮我的錢。
offensive
a woman who is not attractive
醜女
習語
a dog in the mangera dog's breakfast
the dog's bollocks
a dog's life
done up/dressed up like a dog's dinner
every dog has its day
give a dog a bad name
go to the dogs
let sleeping dogs lie
put on the dog
更多習語
why keep a dog and bark yourself?
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