单词 | dog |
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音标 | 英[dɒg] 美[dɔg] |
解释 | n.狗;蹩脚货;丑女人;卑鄙小人;v.困扰;跟踪; |
例句 | N-COUNT 狗;犬 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. 例:Outside, a dog was barking...外面,一只狗在叫。 例:The dog growled again...狗又在狂吠。 N-COUNT 公狗;犬科雄兽(雄狐、雄狼等) You use dog to refer to a male dog, or to the male of some related species such as wolves or foxes. 例:Is this a dog or a bitch?这是公狗还是母狗? 例:...a dog fox.公狐狸 N-COUNT 卑鄙小人;无赖 If someone calls a man a dog, they strongly disapprove of him. N-COUNT 蹩脚货;粗制滥造的东西 People use dog to refer to something that they consider unsatisfactory or of poor quality. 例:It's a real dog.这实在是蹩脚货。 N-COUNT 丑女人 If someone, especially a man, calls a woman or girl a dog, they mean that she is very ugly, unattractive, or boring. 例:How can you go out with her? She's a real dog.你怎么能和她谈恋爱呢?她简直就是个恐龙。 VERB 困扰;折磨;纠缠 If problems or injuries dog you, they are with you all the time. 例:The problems that have dogged him all year are just a temporary setback...一时的挫折竟困扰了他一整年。 例:His career has been dogged by bad luck.他在事业上一直不走运。 N-PLURAL (带有赌博性质的)赛狗会,跑狗 The dogs is a sports meeting where dogs, especially greyhounds, race and people bet on which dog will win. PHRASE 乱七八糟;一团糟 You describe something as a dog's breakfast or dog's dinner in order to express your disapproval of it, for example because it is very untidy, badly organized, or badly done. 例:The whole place was a bit of a dog's dinner, really...整个地方乌烟瘴气的,真的。 例:Our own Board are going to make a dog's breakfast out of it if we aren't careful.如果我们不小心行事,我们的董事会就会乱成一团。 PHRASE 狗咬狗;残酷无情的竞争;自相残杀 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. 例:It is very much dog eat dog out there...那儿的竞争异常残酷。 例:The TV business today is a dog-eat-dog business.当前电视业的竞争残酷无情。 PHRASE 败落;大不如前 If you say that something is going to the dogs, you mean that it is becoming weaker and worse in quality. 例:They sit in impotent opposition while the country goes to the dogs.国家败落之际,他们加入了软弱无力的反对党。 PHRASE 别惹麻烦;别多事 If someone tells you to let sleeping dogs lie, they are warning you not to disturb or interfere with a situation, because you are likely to cause trouble and problems. 例:Why can't she let sleeping dogs lie?为什么她就不能不多事? PHRASE 不接受新事物;不喜欢新玩意儿 If you say 'You can't teach an old dog new tricks', you are suggesting that someone is unwilling to try new ways of doing things. |
变形 | third:dogs~done:dogged~pl:dogs~ing:dogging~past:dogged~ |
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