dogs

英 [dɒɡz]

美 [dɔːɡz]

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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.
  1. Outside, a dog was barking...
     外面，一只狗在叫。
  2. The dog growled again...
     狗又在狂吠。
  3. The British are renowned as a nation of dog lovers.
     英国人以爱犬而闻名。
• 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.
  1. Is this a dog or a bitch?
     这是公狗还是母狗?
  2. ...a dog fox.
     公狐狸
• 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.
  1. 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 adog, they mean that she is very ugly, unattractive, or boring.
  1. 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 injuriesdogyou, they are with you all the time.
  1. 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。
  2. His career has been dogged by bad luck.
     他在事业上一直不走运。
• （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.
  1. The whole place was a bit of a dog's dinner, really...
     整个地方乌烟瘴气的，真的。
  2. 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 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.
  1. It is very much dog eat dog out there...
     那儿的竞争异常残酷。
  2. 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 somethingis going to the dogs, you mean that it is becoming weaker and worse in quality.
  1. 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 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.
  1. Why can't she let sleeping dogs lie?
     为什么她就不能不多事？
• 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

• Even their three dogs got bored and fell asleep as he ranted on
  他还在胡言乱语，连他们养的3条狗都无聊得睡着了。
• All adult dogs are routinely wormed at least every six months.
  所有的成年狗至少每半年要例行打一次虫。
• I feel that possibly the majority of these dogs are in the wrong hands
  在我看来很可能这些狗大多数都没有人妥善照看。
• Dogs like to gnaw on a bone.
  狗爱啃骨头。
• Dogs have an acute sense of smell.
  狗的嗅觉很灵敏。
• He lived alone, breeding horses and dogs
  他独自一人生活，饲养马匹和狗。
• I have known cases where dogs have nipped babies
  我知道有一些狗咬婴儿的事情。
• She let the dogs into the house and fed them
  她把狗放进屋，给它们喂食。
• They were more concerned about the dogs 'welfare than a clean getaway
  他们更加关心那些狗的安危，而非自己如何干净利落地脱身。
• Barking dogs seldom bite.
  爱叫的狗不咬人。