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Dog N Count Phrase People 例:The Dog's Refer Male

单词 dog
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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