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dog

/dɑɡ/ /dɒɡ/ /dɔɡ/

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noun

狗，犬。

A mammal, Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.

Examples :

"The dog barked all night long."

那只狗叫了一整夜。

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noun

狗，犬。

Any member of the Family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid.

Examples :

"My neighbor's dog barks loudly every morning. "

我邻居家的犬（或者狗），每天早上都大声叫。

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noun

公犬，雄犬。

A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.

Examples :

"The dog barked loudly at the mailman, a boisterous canine. "

那只公犬对着邮递员大声吠叫，真是只吵闹的家伙。

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noun

丑女，乏味女子

A dull, unattractive girl or woman.

Examples :

"She’s a real dog."

她真是个丑八怪/乏味死了的女人。

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noun

家伙，狗东西

A man (derived from definition 2).

Examples :

"My dog is a good listener. "

我这个家伙/狗东西，还挺会听人说话的。

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noun

狗东西，懦夫。

Examples :

"Come back and fight, you dogs!"

回来战斗，你们这些狗东西，懦夫！

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noun

狗东西，恶棍

Someone who is morally reprehensible.

Examples :

"You dirty dog."

你这个狗东西！

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noun

色鬼，好色之徒。

A sexually aggressive man (cf. horny).

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noun

卡爪，制动爪，锁紧装置

Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.

Examples :

"The carpenter used a special dog to hold the two pieces of wood together while the glue dried. "

木匠用一种特殊的卡爪把两块木头固定在一起，等胶水干透。

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noun

棘爪，制动爪.

A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, to restrain the back action; a click or pawl. (See also: ratchet, windlass)

Examples :

"The dog on the window's window crank prevented the window from accidentally swinging inward. "

窗户摇柄上的棘爪防止窗户意外地向内摆动。

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noun

火钳，支架

A metal support for logs in a fireplace.

Examples :

"The dogs were too hot to touch."

火钳热得没法碰。

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noun

狗，忠诚。

The eighteenth Lenormand card.

Examples :

"My sister, who is studying Tarot, drew the Dog card in her reading, suggesting a loyal friend. "

我妹妹在学习塔罗牌，她在牌阵中抽到了“狗”这张牌，暗示着一位忠诚的朋友。

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noun

热狗，香肠。

A hot dog.

Examples :

"My brother bought a dog for lunch. "

我弟弟午饭买了个热狗。

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noun

失败者，弱者.

Examples :

"Despite being the smallest and least experienced player on the team, the dog consistently surprised everyone with his amazing soccer skills. "

虽然他是队里最小也最没有经验的队员，这个弱者却总是用他惊人的足球技巧让大家刮目相看。

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noun

狗爪，脚。

(almost always in the plural) Foot.

Examples :

"The dogs were muddy after the long walk in the park. "

走了这么长的公园路，狗爪都沾满泥了。

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noun

电话，手机

(from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.

Examples :

"My dog is dead."

我的手机没电了。

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noun

桩桶，障碍桶

One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.

Examples :

"The trainer used a dog to mark the starting line for the race. "

教练用一个桩桶来标记赛跑的起跑线。

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noun

票房毒药，失败之作

A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.

Examples :

"The new movie about a talking dog was a dog at the box office. "

这部关于会说话的狗的新电影票房惨败，真是个票房毒药。

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verb

跟踪，追赶

To pursue with the intent to catch.

Examples :

"The hunter dogged the rabbit across the field, trying to catch it. "

猎人紧追不舍地跟踪那只兔子穿过田野，试图抓住它。

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verb

跟踪, 尾随.

To follow in an annoying or harassing way.

Examples :

"The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step."

那女人诅咒他，让他走到哪里都被麻烦缠上.

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verb

扣紧，关紧。

To fasten a hatch securely.

Examples :

"It is very important to dog down these hatches..."

务必把这些舱口扣紧关好，这非常重要…

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verb

偷窥，窥淫

To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.

Examples :

"I admit that I like to dog at my local country park."

我承认我喜欢在本地郊野公园里偷窥别人做爱。

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verb

磨洋工，偷懒。

To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.

Examples :

"A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it."

夜班突击检查发现，有些工人在磨洋工。

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verb

批评，责备。

Examples :

"The teacher dogged the student's poor performance in class. "

老师批评了那个学生在课堂上糟糕的表现。(Lǎoshī pīpíng le nàge xuésheng zài课堂 shàng zāogāo de biǎoxiàn.)

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verb

拼伙，搭伙。

To divide (a watch) with a comrade.

Examples :

"The two friends decided to dog the watch, sharing the responsibility of checking it throughout the day. "

两个朋友决定拼伙看表，分担一整天查看时间的责任。

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noun

狗肉

Meat from a dog eaten as food.

Examples :

"We visited South Korea this time around, where we ate dog meat for the first time."

这次我们去了韩国，第一次吃了狗肉。

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noun

狗粮，犬粮

Meat prepared to be given to a dog as food.

Examples :

"The pet store owner sold a special dog food, a kind of dog. "

宠物店主售卖一种特殊的狗粮，一种专门给狗狗吃的肉。

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noun

狗东西，狗崽子

An insult intended to assert hyperbolically that another person has value only as a corpse to be fed to a dog.

Examples :

"After the argument, Sarah called her brother a dog, meaning she thought he was worthless, only good to be disposed of. "

争吵过后，莎拉骂她弟弟是狗东西，意思是她觉得他一文不值，死了也只配喂狗。

"Calling him a dog was a terrible insult; it meant they thought he was worthless, like something only fit to be discarded and fed to a dog. "

骂他是狗，是极其恶毒的侮辱，意思是说他毫无价值，只配被丢弃喂狗。

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