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Definition of poodle in English: poodlenoun ˈpuːd(ə)lˈpudl 1A dog of a breed (of which there are several varieties) with a curly coat that is often ornamentally clipped. Poodle breeds are classified by size. See standard poodle toy poodle miniature poodle Example sentencesExamples - Children make these cognitive leaps by noticing coincidences - Labradors and poodles and other dogs bark, pant with their tongues on hot days and, in cities at least, appear on leashes led by humans.
- Other tests in development include one for progressive blindness which afflicts a number of breeds, including poodles.
- She bred poodles and even brought one round for my children but I didn't want it.
- Make room for doodles, the latest designer dogs - a mix of a poodle with another breed.
- To ease her loneliness, she also spent a lot of time with her French poodle and dachshund.
- To the one on her right, Louise said, no, she would not sit for his dog - a taffy-toned poodle with a puppy cut that answered to the name of Roy.
- Gypsies prefer small and very little dogs, such as toy poodles and Chihuahuas, which can share the cart with their masters.
- The second defendant has said that there are 18 dogs on the premises including five adult shepherd dogs, one poodle and the rest are adult dachshunds.
- Avoid environmental offending agents such as rugs, cats, dogs (although some dogs such as poodles and Yorkies are ok) and feather pillows.
- Babe brings together dogs and cats, pink poodles and pit bulls.
- Animal salons shape dogs into brilliantly hued canine topiaries; orange and pink are the most popular colors, especially for poodles whose dyed coats complement their owners' wardrobes.
- Dy Witt has shown, bred and trained standard poodles for 25 years.
- We don't want our nation overrun by a host of poodles, corgis or pit bull terriers.
- Some of the dog breeds with the ability to signal an epileptic seizure include, the poodle, German shepherd, golden retriever, and the Rottweiler.
- The dogs included shih-tzus, dachshunds, Lhasa apsos, bearded collies, corgis, chihuahuas, poodles, Pekinese and Yorkshire terriers.
- The most popular breed of designer dog is the Labradoodle - originally a cross between a Labrador retriever and a poodle.
- The poodle, Bedlington terrier, and Kerry blue terrier have long, wooly or coarse coats that tend to shed less.
- Among the Alsatians and poodles in the household dogs section at the Walter Rothschild Museum in Tring stands Mick the Miller, the world's most famous greyhound.
- A woman walked past me, leading a miniature poodle with a tartan coat.
- The dachshunds, terriers and poodles of the world have waged a high-tech war against the Siamese, Persian and tabbies.
2British A person or organization who is overly willing to obey another. the council is being made a poodle of central government 该理事会正被变成中央政府的附庸。 Example sentencesExamples - But secondly, with the SNP continually waiting the chance to describe him as London's poodle, there is the political imperative for him to do so, in order to prove them wrong.
- He has resisted efforts by Labour ministers to stop him acting like America's poodle - or at least to hide it better.
- Away with talk of poodles, leave that to the Government.
- The clean, dry perfumes of newsprint, ink and decent analysis are replaced by the whiff of political poodles marking their territories.
- Blair, content with a kennel full of poodles in the Commons, will never allow such a thing.
- More worryingly, perhaps he did not know the actual cause for the delays when he ranted about ‘political poodles.’
- Why don't you and your poodle of a Foreign Minister try setting up a democracy with individual liberties in, say, France first.
- From this perspective, however, his appointment came at a sensitive time - in the week that Labour was lambasted for replacing tough committee chairpersons with poodles.
- Symbian's rivals have been tagging the company as Nokia's poodle for a couple of years now, and the deal is being widely seen as confirmation.
- I'm tired, and a lot of others are tired, of people like Mr. Keene and his Raleigh lap poodle Mike Regan using our religion for political purposes.
- Because he's been such a toy poodle for corporations that now are proving to be systemically corrupt, Harvey's been taking heat, including bipartisan demands that he resign.
- In James Naughtie's book, far from being America's poodle, the British Prime Minister emerges as America's Alsatian, a watchdog which forewarns of danger and then helps combat it.
- It is well known that the US government - like that of her British poodle - favour universities as a method of recruiting spies.
- Particularly stinging is the… suggestion that the government has been playing poodle to its American masters.
- She knows that going into government as Fianna Fáil poodle would be even more damaging than being stuck out on the wilderness of the Opposition benches.
- Parsons said recently that he has seen the committee described as ‘the pampered poodles of the management board’ and he had found himself unable to disagree with that phrase.
- Reading this front page coverage makes me wonder if he knows the issues or if he is merely a press poodle for the politician.
- When the poodle gets out of politics, they should start measuring his neck.
- He steadfastly maintained his independence and never allowed the Bank to become a poodle of political causes.
- This decision was taken by a small number of New Labour poodles.
Synonyms subordinate, deputy, auxiliary, second, second in command, number two, lieutenant, right-hand man, right-hand woman, wingman, aide, personal assistant, pa, attendant, mate, apprentice, junior
verb ˈpuːd(ə)l British informal no object, with adverbial of direction Move or travel in a leisurely manner. 〈英，非正式〉悠闲地游荡 the chap who just wants to poodle along the road at 50 mph 只想以每小时50英里的速度在路上悠闲地开车的家伙。 Example sentencesExamples - And now I'm just poodling around until the dance tonight.
- Even now, with the incredibly busy life I lead, if I get time between appointments I will just go and poodle.
- Spent the day sleeping, reading comics, forgetting I'd read them, and poodling around on the computer.
OriginEarly 19th century: from German Pudel(hund), from Low German pud(d)eln 'splash in water' (the poodle being a water-dog). Rhymesboodle, caboodle, canoodle, doodle, feudal, noodle, strudel, udal Definition of poodle in US English: poodlenounˈpudlˈpo͞odl 1A dog of a breed (of which there are several varieties) with a curly coat that is often ornamentally clipped. Poodle breeds are classified by size. See standard poodle toy poodle miniature poodle Example sentencesExamples - Babe brings together dogs and cats, pink poodles and pit bulls.
- To the one on her right, Louise said, no, she would not sit for his dog - a taffy-toned poodle with a puppy cut that answered to the name of Roy.
- We don't want our nation overrun by a host of poodles, corgis or pit bull terriers.
- The second defendant has said that there are 18 dogs on the premises including five adult shepherd dogs, one poodle and the rest are adult dachshunds.
- Animal salons shape dogs into brilliantly hued canine topiaries; orange and pink are the most popular colors, especially for poodles whose dyed coats complement their owners' wardrobes.
- Among the Alsatians and poodles in the household dogs section at the Walter Rothschild Museum in Tring stands Mick the Miller, the world's most famous greyhound.
- She bred poodles and even brought one round for my children but I didn't want it.
- To ease her loneliness, she also spent a lot of time with her French poodle and dachshund.
- A woman walked past me, leading a miniature poodle with a tartan coat.
- The dachshunds, terriers and poodles of the world have waged a high-tech war against the Siamese, Persian and tabbies.
- Children make these cognitive leaps by noticing coincidences - Labradors and poodles and other dogs bark, pant with their tongues on hot days and, in cities at least, appear on leashes led by humans.
- Avoid environmental offending agents such as rugs, cats, dogs (although some dogs such as poodles and Yorkies are ok) and feather pillows.
- Gypsies prefer small and very little dogs, such as toy poodles and Chihuahuas, which can share the cart with their masters.
- The dogs included shih-tzus, dachshunds, Lhasa apsos, bearded collies, corgis, chihuahuas, poodles, Pekinese and Yorkshire terriers.
- Some of the dog breeds with the ability to signal an epileptic seizure include, the poodle, German shepherd, golden retriever, and the Rottweiler.
- Dy Witt has shown, bred and trained standard poodles for 25 years.
- Other tests in development include one for progressive blindness which afflicts a number of breeds, including poodles.
- The most popular breed of designer dog is the Labradoodle - originally a cross between a Labrador retriever and a poodle.
- The poodle, Bedlington terrier, and Kerry blue terrier have long, wooly or coarse coats that tend to shed less.
- Make room for doodles, the latest designer dogs - a mix of a poodle with another breed.
2British A person or organization who is overly willing to obey another. the council is being made a poodle of central government 该理事会正被变成中央政府的附庸。 Example sentencesExamples - Away with talk of poodles, leave that to the Government.
- Symbian's rivals have been tagging the company as Nokia's poodle for a couple of years now, and the deal is being widely seen as confirmation.
- More worryingly, perhaps he did not know the actual cause for the delays when he ranted about ‘political poodles.’
- When the poodle gets out of politics, they should start measuring his neck.
- Particularly stinging is the… suggestion that the government has been playing poodle to its American masters.
- Parsons said recently that he has seen the committee described as ‘the pampered poodles of the management board’ and he had found himself unable to disagree with that phrase.
- He has resisted efforts by Labour ministers to stop him acting like America's poodle - or at least to hide it better.
- From this perspective, however, his appointment came at a sensitive time - in the week that Labour was lambasted for replacing tough committee chairpersons with poodles.
- Reading this front page coverage makes me wonder if he knows the issues or if he is merely a press poodle for the politician.
- This decision was taken by a small number of New Labour poodles.
- Because he's been such a toy poodle for corporations that now are proving to be systemically corrupt, Harvey's been taking heat, including bipartisan demands that he resign.
- I'm tired, and a lot of others are tired, of people like Mr. Keene and his Raleigh lap poodle Mike Regan using our religion for political purposes.
- But secondly, with the SNP continually waiting the chance to describe him as London's poodle, there is the political imperative for him to do so, in order to prove them wrong.
- She knows that going into government as Fianna Fáil poodle would be even more damaging than being stuck out on the wilderness of the Opposition benches.
- It is well known that the US government - like that of her British poodle - favour universities as a method of recruiting spies.
- Why don't you and your poodle of a Foreign Minister try setting up a democracy with individual liberties in, say, France first.
- He steadfastly maintained his independence and never allowed the Bank to become a poodle of political causes.
- Blair, content with a kennel full of poodles in the Commons, will never allow such a thing.
- The clean, dry perfumes of newsprint, ink and decent analysis are replaced by the whiff of political poodles marking their territories.
- In James Naughtie's book, far from being America's poodle, the British Prime Minister emerges as America's Alsatian, a watchdog which forewarns of danger and then helps combat it.
Synonyms subordinate, deputy, auxiliary, second, second in command, number two, lieutenant, right-hand man, right-hand woman, wingman, aide, personal assistant, pa, attendant, mate, apprentice, junior
OriginEarly 19th century: from German Pudel(hund), from Low German pud(d)eln ‘splash in water’ (the poodle being a water-dog). |