Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense dogs, present participle dogging, past tense, past participle dogged
1N-COUNT 狗;犬 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. 狗;犬
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.
2N-COUNT 公狗;犬科雄兽(雄狐、雄狼等) You use dog to refer to a male dog, or to the male of some related species such as wolves or foxes. 公狗;犬科雄兽(雄狐、雄狼等)
Is this a dog or a bitch?
这是公狗还是母狗?
...a dog fox.
公狐狸
3N-COUNT 卑鄙小人;无赖 If someone calls a man a dog, they strongly disapprove of him. 卑鄙小人;无赖 [disapproval]
4N-COUNT 蹩脚货;粗制滥造的东西 People use dog to refer to something that they consider unsatisfactory or of poor quality. 蹩脚货;粗制滥造的东西 [US, informal, disapproval]
It's a real dog.
这实在是蹩脚货。
5N-COUNT 丑女人 If someone, especially a man, calls a woman or girl a dog, they mean that she is very ugly, unattractive, or boring. 丑女人 [informal, offensive, disapproval]
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。
6VERB 困扰;折磨;纠缠 If problems or injuries dog you, they are with you all the time. 困扰;折磨;纠缠
The problems that have dogged him all year are just a temporary setback. [VERB noun]
一时的挫折竟困扰了他一整年。
His career has been dogged by bad luck. [VERB noun]
7N-PLURAL [theNOUN](带有赌博性质的)赛狗会,跑狗The dogs is a sports meeting where dogs, especially greyhounds, race and people bet on which dog will win. (带有赌博性质的)赛狗会,跑狗 [British, informal]
9PHRASE 乱七八糟;一团糟 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. 乱七八糟;一团糟 [British, informal, disapproval]
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。
10PHRASE 狗咬狗;残酷无情的竞争;自相残杀 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. 狗咬狗;残酷无情的竞争;自相残杀 [disapproval]
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。
11PHRASE 败落;大不如前 If you say that something is going to the dogs, you mean that it is becoming weaker and worse in quality. 败落;大不如前 [informal, disapproval]
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。
12PHRASE [let inflects]别惹麻烦;别多事 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. 别惹麻烦;别多事
Why can't she let sleeping dogs lie?
为什么她就不能不多事?
13PHRASE [dog inflects]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. 不接受新事物;不喜欢新玩意儿
Quotations
Love me, love my dogSt. Bernard
The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogsA. Toussenel
Dogs live with man as courtiers round a monarch, steeped in the flattery of his notice and enriched with sinecuresRobert Louis StevensonThe Character of Dogs
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself tooSamuel ButlerNotebooks
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friendsAlexander Pope