n.[C]
- 狗
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He keeps a
dog to guard the house.
他養一條狗看家。
- 雄狗；（狐，狼等的）雄獸
- 【口】傢伙
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He is a lucky
dog.
他是一個幸運的傢伙。
- 【口】無賴，流氓
- 【美】【俚】失敗；失望
- 【美】【俚】蹩腳貨；醜女人
- 成本高於利潤的產品
vt.
- （災難等）纏住
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Injuries
dogged the football team all season.
這個橄欖球隊整個賽季都為隊員受傷而困擾。
- 尾隨，跟蹤
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The police
dogged the suspected thief.
警察跟蹤偷竊嫌疑犯。
ad.
- 極度地，非常
片語
die like a dog
- 悲慘地死去
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He was kept in prison for weeks without food and
died like a dog.
他被囚禁了幾星期，沒有食物果腹，最後悲慘地死去。
Every dog has its day.
- 凡人皆有得意日。
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
- 人言可畏。
He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find his stick.
- 欲加之罪，何患無辭。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
- 莫惹是非。
Love me, love my dog.
- 愛屋及烏。
not (even) have/stand a dog's chance
- 沒有機會；不可能
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They do
not have a dog's chance of buying a house this year because the bank has refused to lend them any money.
他們今年沒機會買房子，因為銀行已拒絕給他們提供貸款。
衍生
辨析
n.
- a domesticated carnivorous mammal probably descended from the wolf, with a barking or howling voice, an acute sense of smell, and non-retractile claws.
[Canis familiaris.]
▸a wild animal resembling this, in particular any member of the dog family (Canidae), which includes the wolf, fox, coyote, jackal, and other species.
▸the male of such an animal.
▸
(the dogs)
Brit. informal greyhound racing.
- informal a contemptible man.
▸
dated a person of a specified kind:
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you lucky dog!
▸informal, chiefly N. Amer. a thing of poor quality; a failure.
▸
(usu. in phr. turn dog on)
Austral./NZ informal an informer or traitor.
- informal, derogatory an unattractive woman.
- used in names of dogfishes, e.g. spur-dog.
- a mechanical device for gripping.
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(dogs)
N. Amer. informal feet.
v.
(dogs, dogging, dogged)
- follow closely and persistently.
- (of a problem) cause continual trouble for.
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(dog it)
informal, chiefly N. Amer. act lazily.
- grip with a mechanical device.
Phrase
- dog-and-pony show
N. Amer. informal an elaborate and ostentatious presentation or event. - dog eat dog
used to refer to a ruthlessly competitive situation. - a dog in the manger
a person who prevents others from having things that they do not need themselves.
[alluding to the fable of the dog that lay in a manger to prevent the ox and horse from eating the hay.]
- a dog's age
N. Amer. informal a very long time. - a dog's dinner
(or breakfast)
Brit. informal a mess. - a dog's life
an unhappy and oppressed existence. - go to the dogs
informal deteriorate badly. - not a dog's chance
no chance at all. - put on the dog
N. Amer. informal behave in a pretentious or ostentatious way.
Derivative
- dogdom n.
- doggish adj.
- doglike adj.
Etymology
OE docga, of unknown origin.
