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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. 我正准备遛狗去。 -
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 遛狗者/狗主人 -
dog food/biscuits 狗食/狗饼干 -
a dog and its puppies 一只狗和它的小狗 -
A labrador is a breed of dog. 拉布拉多是一种狗。
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She often stops to chat to other dog walkers. 她经常停下来和其他遛狗的人聊天。 -
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. 他们搬进了公寓，不能带他们的宠物狗。 -
He worked for the police as a dog handler. 他为警方工作，是一名训狗员。 -
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. 吉娃娃是所有犬种中最难训练的一种。 -
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. 他们像成群的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. 当狗看到他时，它开始摇尾巴。 -
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。 -
A dog that savaged a five-year-old child was later destroyed, police have confirmed. 警察证实，那条袭击一名5 岁小童的狗已被人道毁灭。 -
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
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- pack
- have
- keep
- own
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- bark
- bay
- howl
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- basket
- biscuit
- food
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a male dog, fox, wolf or otter 公狗；公狐；公狼 -
the dogs[plural] (British English, informal)
greyhound racing 赛狗；灵𤟥赛 - [countable]
(especially North American English, informal)
a thing of low quality; a failure 蹩脚货；失败 - [countable]
(informal)
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 see also
chili dog, corn dog, hot dog, shaggy-dog
story, top
dog, watchdog
Word OriginOld
English docga, of unknown origin.
Idioms
be raining cats and dogs
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to be raining heavily 下倾盆大雨
a dog and pony show
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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 他参观战区的狗展 -
a dog and pony show to sell the idea to investors 向投资者推销这一想法的“狗和小马秀”
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(a case of) dog eat dog
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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。
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a dog in the manger
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a person who stops other people from enjoying what he or she cannot use or does not want 占马槽的狗
a dog’s breakfast/dinner
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informal)
a thing that has been done badly 乱七八糟；一团糟
a dog’s life
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an unhappy life, full of problems or unfair treatment 悲惨的生活；牛马不如的生活 -
He led poor Amy a dog’s life. She was desperately lonely, poor dear. 他让可怜的艾米过着悲惨的生活。她极度孤独，可怜的亲爱的。
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every dog has his/its day
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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
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when a person already has a bad reputation, it is difficult to change it because others will continue to blame or suspect him/her 恶名难洗；名声一毁，万难挽回
go to the dogs
(North American English also
go to hell in a handbasket)
a/the hair of the dog (that bit you)
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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)
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to be involved in a situation so that you will gain or lose according to the result 败落；大不如前 -
I really don't have a dog in this fight, so I can just enjoy the game. 这场比赛我真的没有狗，所以我可以享受比赛。 -
The employees have a dog in the hunt, so their views should be listened to. 员工们有一只狗在打猎，所以他们的意见应该被听取。
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let sleeping dogs lie
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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)
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extremely hard 狗： 很难-
I've been working like a dog recently. 我最近工作很忙。
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in a very bad or cruel way 败落；大不如前 -
They treated him like a dog. 他们像对待狗一样对待他。
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like a dog with a bone
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very determined and refusing to give up 狗： 非常有决心，拒绝放弃-
When she sensed a good story she was like a dog with a bone. 当她感觉到一个好故事时，她就像一只有骨头的狗。
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not have a dog’s chance
(as) sick as a dog
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feeling very sick; vomiting a lot 病得很重；呕吐得厉害
the tail (is) wagging the dog
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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
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(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
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to allow somebody to suffer or be punished in an unfair way, as if they have no value 跟踪；尾随 -
Her boss collects a big retirement cheque while she is thrown to the dogs. 她被解雇时，她的老板收了一大笔退休金。
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why keep a dog and bark yourself?
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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