dog
noun/dɒɡ/
/dɔːɡ/
Idioms - [countable] an animal with four legs and a tail, often kept as a pet or trained for work, for example hunting or guarding buildings. There are many types of dog, some of which are wild.
狗；犬 - I took the dog for a walk.
我遛狗去了。 - I'm just going to walk the dog.
我刚要去遛狗。 - I could hear a dog barking.
我听到狗的叫声。 - Stray dogs roamed the streets at night.
流浪狗晚上在街上游荡。 - dog walkers/owners
遛狗人；狗主人 - dog food/biscuits
狗粮；狗饼干 - a dog and its puppies
一只狗和它的小狗 - A labrador is a breed of dog.
拉布拉多犬是狗的一个品种。
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsa1- She often stops to chat to other dog walkers.
她经常停下来与其他遛狗者聊天。 - Owners who allow their dogs to foul the footpath will be fined.
主人若放任狗在人行道上排便将受处罚。 - A dog was gnawing at an old bone.
一条狗正在啃一块老骨头。 - A dog was sniffing around my heels.
一条狗在我的脚跟周围嗅来嗅去。 - Bad dog! What are you doing there?
可恶的狗，你在那儿干什么 ? - He's trained his dog to sit on the back of his bike.
他训练他的狗坐在自行车后座上。 - She was bitten by a dog.
她被狗咬了。 - Races have been held at this dog track for seventy years.
这个场地用来赛狗已经 70 年了。 - They moved into a flat and couldn't take their pet dog.
他们搬进了一套公寓，无法带走他们的宠物狗。 - He worked for the police as a dog handler.
他在警察局担任训狗员。 - This is a working dog, not a pet.
这是一只工作犬，不是宠物。 - The chihuahua is one of the hardest to train of all dog breeds.
吉娃娃犬是所有犬种中最难训练的犬种之一。 - Rex was a champion show dog.
雷克斯是一条参展的冠军犬。 - They roam the streets like packs of wild dogs.
他们像一群野狗一样在街上游荡。 - The dog barked loudly at the stranger.
狗对着那个陌生人狂吠。 - The dog bounded up to me and started licking my hand.
狗朝我跳上来，开始舔我的手。 - When it saw him, the dog began wagging its tail.
当它看到他时，狗开始摇尾巴。 - The dog chewed up one of my shoes.
狗把我的一只鞋咬得粉碎。 - The dog was scratching at the door to be let in.
狗在抓门想进来。 - The dog went for him and bit him twice on the leg.
那条狗扑向他，在他腿上咬了两口。 - The dog's owner was banned from keeping dogs for five years.
那位狗主人被禁止养狗 5 年。 - The little dogs were yapping at my ankles.
小狗崽冲着我的脚脖子汪汪叫。 - The stray dogs are wormed and treated with flea powder.
流浪狗滋生了寄生虫，用了灭蚤粉治疗。 - These dogs were bred to hunt small animals.
这些狗养着用来捕猎小动物。 - We didn't want puppies so we had the dog neutered.
我们不想要小狗，就把狗阉了。 - The dog was dangerous and had to be destroyed, police have confirmed.
警方证实，这只狗很危险，必须被消灭。 - We recently had to put our dog to sleep.
最近我们不得不对我们的狗实施安乐死。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- domestic
- family
- pet
- …
- pack
- have
- keep
- own
- …
- bark
- bay
- howl
- …
- basket
- biscuit
- food
- …
- I took the dog for a walk.
- [countable] a male dog, fox, wolf or otter
公狗；公狐；公狼；公水獭 - the dogs[plural] (British English, informal) greyhound racing
赛狗；灵缇赛 - [countable] (especially North American English, informal) a thing of low quality; a failure
蹩脚货；失败 - Her last movie was an absolute dog.
她最近的一部影片彻底砸锅了。
- Her last movie was an absolute dog.
- [countable] (informal, offensive) an offensive way of describing a woman who is not considered attractive
丑女人 - [countable] (informal, disapproving) used, especially after an adjective, to describe a man who has done something bad
（尤用于形容词后）家伙，小人，无赖 - You dirty dog!
你这个下流坯！
see also chili dog, corn dog, hot dog, shaggy-dog story, top dog, watchdog - You dirty dog!
Word OriginOld English docga, of unknown origin.
Idioms
be raining cats and dogs
- (informal) to be raining heavily
下倾盆大雨
a dog and pony show
- (North American English, informal, disapproving) an event that is planned only in order to impress people so that they will support or buy something
（为公关或促销而举行的）造势活动 - the dog and pony show of his visits to the war zone
他访问战区的狗和小马表演 - a dog and pony show to sell the idea to investors
向投资者推销这个想法的狗和小马表演
- the dog and pony show of his visits to the war zone
(a case of) dog eat dog
- a situation in business, politics, etc. where there is a lot of competition and people are willing to harm each other in order to succeed
残酷无情的竞争；损人利己的角逐；相互残杀 - I'm afraid in this line of work it's a case of dog eat dog.
恐怕在这种行业中竞争是残酷无情的。 - We're operating in a dog-eat-dog world.
我们是在一个残酷竞争的世界里经营。
- I'm afraid in this line of work it's a case of dog eat dog.
a dog in the manger
- a person who stops other people from enjoying something that the person cannot use or does not want themselves
阻止其他人享受自己无法使用或不想要的东西的人
a dog’s breakfast/dinner
- (British English, informal) a thing that has been done badly
乱七八糟；一团糟 - He's made a real dog's breakfast of these accounts.
他把这些账目搞得简直一塌糊涂。
- He's made a real dog's breakfast of these accounts.
a dog’s life
- an unhappy life, full of problems or unfair treatment
悲惨的生活；牛马不如的生活 - He led his poor partner a dog's life.
他让他可怜的伙伴过着狗一般的生活。
- He led his poor partner a dog's life.
every dog has his/its day
- (saying) everyone has good luck or success at some point in their life
人人皆有得意时
give a dog a bad name
- (saying) when a person already has a bad reputation, it is difficult to change it because others will continue to blame or suspect them
当一个人已经有了坏名声时，就很难改变它，因为别人会继续指责或怀疑他
go to the dogs
(North American English also go to hell in a handbasket)
- (informal) to get into a very bad state
败落；大不如前 - This firm's gone to the dogs since the new management took over.
这家公司自新的管理人员接手以来日渐衰败。
- This firm's gone to the dogs since the new management took over.
a/the hair of the dog (that bit you)
- (informal) alcohol that you drink in order to make you feel better when you have drunk too much alcohol the night before
用于解宿醉的酒
have a dog in the fight
(North American English also have a dog in the race/hunt)
- (informal) to be involved in a situation so that you will gain or lose according to the result
种族：参与某种情况，以便根据结果获得或失去 - I really don't have a dog in this fight, so I can just enjoy the game.
这场战斗我真的没有狗，所以我只能享受比赛。 - The employees have a dog in the hunt, so their views should be listened to.
员工们有一只正在狩猎的狗，所以应该听取他们的意见。
- I really don't have a dog in this fight, so I can just enjoy the game.
let sleeping dogs lie
- (saying) to avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments
过去的事就不要再提了；不要没事找事
like a dog (informal)
- extremely hard
拼命地；出力地 - I've been working like a dog recently.
我最近一直在拼命工作。
- I've been working like a dog recently.
- in a very bad or cruel way
恶劣地；残忍地 - They treated him like a dog.
他们残忍地对待他。
- They treated him like a dog.
like a dog with a bone
- (informal) very determined and refusing to give up
抓住不放的 - When she sensed a good story she was like a dog with a bone.
当她感觉找到一个好题材时，她就像狗咬住肉骨头一样紧抓不放。
- When she sensed a good story she was like a dog with a bone.
not have a dog’s chance
- to have no chance at all
毫无机会；不抱希望 - He hasn't a dog's chance of passing the exam.
他根本不可能通过这次考试。
- He hasn't a dog's chance of passing the exam.
(as) sick as a dog
- (informal) feeling very sick; vomiting a lot
病得很重；呕吐得厉害
the tail (is) wagging the dog
- used to describe a situation in which the most important aspect is being influenced and controlled by somebody/something that is not as important
（用以描述次要部分影响和支配主要部分）主次颠倒，喧宾夺主
(you can’t) teach an old dog new tricks
- (saying) (you cannot) successfully make people change their ideas, methods of work, etc., when they have had them for a long time
老大（不）可教；（无法）改变人们长时间形成的思想（或做事方法等）
throw somebody to the dogs
- to allow somebody to suffer or be punished in an unfair way, as if they have no value
抛弃；丢弃 - Her boss collects a big retirement cheque while she is thrown to the dogs.
她的老板收取了一大笔退休金，而她却被扔进了狗窝。
- Her boss collects a big retirement cheque while she is thrown to the dogs.
why keep a dog and bark yourself?
- (informal, saying) if somebody can do a task for you, there is no point in doing it yourself
既然有人代劳，何必自己操劳