dog
n. 狗; 蹩脚货; 丑女人; 卑鄙小人
v. 困扰; 跟踪
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.
Outside, a dog was barking...
外面,一只狗在叫。
The dog growled again...
狗又在狂吠。
You use dog to refer to a male dog, or to the male of some related species such as wolves or foxes.
Is this a dog or a bitch?
这是公狗还是母狗?
...a dog fox.
公狐狸
If someone calls a man a dog, they strongly disapprove of him.
People use dog to refer to something that they consider unsatisfactory or of poor quality.
It's a real dog.
这实在是蹩脚货。
If someone, especially a man, calls a woman or girl a dog, they mean that she is very ugly, unattractive, or boring.
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。
If problems or injuries dog you, they are with you all the time.
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。
His career has been dogged by bad luck.
他在事业上一直不走运。
The dogs is a sports meeting where dogs, especially greyhounds, race and people bet on which dog will win.
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.
The whole place was a bit of a dog's dinner, really...
整个地方乌烟瘴气的,真的。
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。
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.
It is very much dog eat dog out there...
那儿的竞争异常残酷。
The TV business today is a dog-eat-dog business.
当前电视业的竞争残酷无情。
If you say that something is going to the dogs, you mean that it is becoming weaker and worse in quality.
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。
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.
Why can't she let sleeping dogs lie?
为什么她就不能不多事?
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.
1. a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds;
2. a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman;
3. informal term for a man;
4. someone who is morally reprehensible;
5. a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
6. a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
7. metal supports for logs in a fireplace;
1. go after with the intent to catch;
dog and bone
(谐俚)电话
dog eat dog
人吃人(指残酷无情的竞争)
dog in the manger
占马槽的狗;占着茅坑不拉屎
dog-and-pony show
(北美)精心安排的盛大演出(或展示)
a dog's age
(北美,非正式)好久;很长时间
dogs bark, but the caravans move on
(谚)狗虽叫,商队还是会继续前进;说者自说,我行我素
the dog's bollocks
(英,粗俚)最好的人(或物)
a dog's dinner (或 breakfast)
(英,非正式)干得很差的工作;一团糟
a dog's life
(充满问题和不公正待遇的)不愉快的生活
the dogs of war
(诗/文)战争浩劫
dressed (up) like a dog's dinner
(英,非正式)可笑地穿着时髦(或显摆)的衣服
every dog has his (或 its) day
(谚)凡人皆有得意时
give a dog a bad name and hang him
(谚)欲加之罪,何患无辞;流言可畏
hair of the dog
This scar is from the bite of a dog.
这是狗咬后留下的伤疤.
The dog nosed the car carefully.
狗仔细地嗅着那辆汽车.
Our dog has its name on its collar.
我们的狗的项圈上有它的名字.
The toy dog is as large as life.
这只玩具狗和真狗一样大.
The dog had chased a rabbit into its burrow.
狗把兔子追进了洞穴.