单词 | dog |
释义 | nounverb🔑 dogBrE /dɒɡ/ NAmE /dɔːɡ/ noun 🔑 [C ]an animal with four legs and a tail , often kept as a pet or trained for work , for example hunting or guarding buildings . There are many types of dog , some of which are wild 狗;犬◆ I took the dog for a walk . 我遛狗去了。◆ I could hear a dog barking . 我听到狗的叫声。◆ dog food 狗粮◆ guard dogs 看家狗◆ a dog and her puppies 母狗和它的崽儿 ➡ see also guide dog, gun dog, hearing dog, lapdog, prairie dog, sheepdog, sniffer dog, tracker dog[C ]a male dog , fox or wolf公狗;公狐;公狼 ➡ compare bitchnoun (1 ) the dogs [pl. ](BrE , informal ) greyhoundracing 赛狗;灵𤟥赛[C ](informal , especiallyNAmE ) a thing of low quality ; a failure 蹩脚货;失败◆ Her last movie was an absolute dog . 她最近的一部影片彻底砸锅了。[C ](informal ) an offensive way of describing a woman who is not considered attractive 丑女人[C ](informal , disapproving ) used , especially after an adjective , to describe a man who has done sth bad (尤用于形容词后)家伙,小人,无赖◆ You dirty dog ! 你这个下流坯! ➡ see also hot dog, shaggy-dog story, top dog, watchdog ● a ˌdog and ˈpony show (NAmE , informal , disapproving ) an event that is planned only in order to impress people so that they will support or buy sth (为公关或促销而举行的)造势活动● (a case of ) ˌdog eat ˈdog a situation in business , politics , etc . where there is a lot of competition and people are willing to harm each other in order to succeed 残酷无情的竞争;损人利己的角逐;相互残杀◆ I'm afraid in this line of work it's a case of dog eat dog . 恐怕在这种行业中竞争是残酷无情的。◆ We're operating in a dog -eat -dog world . 我们是在一个残酷竞争的世界里经营。● a ˌdog in the ˈmanger a person who stops other people from enjoying what he or she cannot use or does not want 占马槽的狗● a dog's ˈbreakfast /ˈdinner (BrE , informal ) a thing that has been done badly 乱七八糟;一团糟SYN mess◆ He's made a real dog's breakfast of these accounts . 他把这些账目搞得简直一塌糊涂。● a ˈdog's life an unhappy life , full of problems or unfair treatment 悲惨的生活;牛马不如的生活● every dog has his /its ˈday (saying ) everyone has good luck or success at some point in their life 人人皆有得意时● give a dog a bad ˈname (saying ) when a person already has a bad reputation , it is difficult to change it because others will continue to blame or suspect him /her 恶名难洗;名声一毁,万难挽回● go to the ˈdogs (NAmE alsogo to hell in a ˈhandbasket ) (informal ) to get into a very bad state 败落;大不如前◆ This firm's gone to the dogs since the new management took over . 这家公司自新的管理人员接手以来日渐衰败。● not have a ˈdog's chance to have no chance at all 毫无机会;绝无可能◆ He hasn't a dog's chance of passing the exam . 他根本不可能通过这次考试。● why keep a ˌdog and bark yourˈself ?(informal , saying ) if sb can do a task for you , there is no point in doing it yourself 既然有人代劳,何必自己操劳● the hair of the ˈdog (that ˈbit you )(informal ) alcohol that you drink in order to make you feel better when you have drunk too much alcohol the night before 用于解宿醉的酒● be raining cats and ˈdogs (informal ) to be raining heavily 下倾盆大雨● (as ) sick as a ˈdog (informal ) feeling very ill /sick ; vomiting a lot 病得很重;呕吐得厉害● let sleeping dogs ˈlie (saying ) to avoid mentioning a subject or sth that happened in the past , in order to avoid any problems or arguments 过去的事就不要再提了;不要没事找事● the tail (is ) wagging the ˈdog used to describe a situation in which the most important aspect is being influenced and controlled by sb /sth that is not as important (用以描述次要部分影响和支配主要部分)主次颠倒,喧宾夺主● (you can't ) teach an old dog new ˈtricks (saying ) (you cannot ) successfully make people change their ideas , methods of work , etc ., when they have had them for a long time 老大(不)可教;(无法)改变人们长时间形成的思想(或做事方法等)🔑 dogBrE /dɒɡ/ NAmE /dɔːɡ/ verb present simple - I / you / we / they dog BrE /dɒɡ/ NAmE /dɔːɡ/ present simple - he / she / it dogs BrE /dɒɡz/ NAmE /dɔːɡz/ past simple dogged BrE /dɒɡd/ NAmE /dɔːɡd/ past participle dogged BrE /dɒɡd/ NAmE /dɔːɡd/ -ing form dogging BrE /ˈdɒɡɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈdɔːɡɪŋ/ ~sb /sth (of a problem or bad luck 问题或不幸) to cause you trouble for a long time (长期)困扰,折磨,纠缠◆ He had been dogged by ill health all his life .他一生多病,备受折磨。~sb /sth to follow sb closely 跟踪;尾随◆ She had the impression that someone was dogging her steps . 她感觉到有人在尾随她。 |
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