dogs
英 [dɒɡz]
美 [dɔːɡz]
BNC.28849
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 狗;犬
Adogis 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。 - The British are renowned as a nation of dog lovers.
英国人以爱犬而闻名。
- Outside, a dog was barking...
- N-COUNT 公狗;犬科雄兽(雄狐、雄狼等)
You usedogto 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
- Is this a dog or a bitch?
- 卑鄙小人;无赖
If someone calls a man adog, they strongly disapprove of him. - N-COUNT 蹩脚货;粗制滥造的东西
People usedogto refer to something that they consider unsatisfactory or of poor quality.- It's a real dog.
这实在是蹩脚货。
- It's a real dog.
- N-COUNT 丑女人
If someone, especially a man, calls a woman or girl adog, 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。
- How can you go out with her? She's a real dog.
- VERB 困扰;折磨;纠缠
If problems or injuriesdogyou, 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 problems that have dogged him all year are just a temporary setback...
- (带有赌博性质的)赛狗会,跑狗
The dogsis a sports meeting where dogs, especially greyhounds, race and people bet on which dog will win. - See also:doggedguide dogprairie dogsniffer dog
- PHRASE 乱七八糟;一团糟
You describe something as adog's breakfastordog's dinnerin 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。
- The whole place was a bit of a dog's dinner, really...
- PHRASE 狗咬狗;残酷无情的竞争;自相残杀
You usedog eat dogto 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。
- It is very much dog eat dog out there...
- PHRASE 败落;大不如前
If you say that somethingis 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。
- They sit in impotent opposition while the country goes to the dogs.
- PHRASE 别惹麻烦;别多事
If someone tells you tolet 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?
- Why can't she let sleeping dogs lie?
- 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.
双语例句
- Dogs were allowed to roam free and 48 sheep were killed.
没有对狗加以约束而让它们四处乱跑,结果有48只羊被咬死。 - The sly fox nimbly eluded the dogs.
那只狡猾的狐狸灵活地躲避开那群狗。 - After dogs, the horse has had the closest relationship with man.
除了狗以外,就数马和人的关系最密切了。 - They brought the young men in and set the dogs on them.
他们将那几个小伙子带了进来,然后放狗咬他们。 - 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。 - A fox breaks wind in order to escape from hunting dogs.
狐狸放屁以逃避猎狗。 - Sniffer dogs could be trained to track them down.
可以训练嗅探犬追捕他们。 - She let the dogs into the house and fed them
她把狗放进屋,给它们喂食。 - These dogs are bred to fight.
这些狗被培育作斗犬。 - New York has followed the example of Paris in establishing a brigade of police dogs.
纽约已仿照巴黎的做法建立了一支警犬队。