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🔑 dog BrE /dɒɡ / NAmE /dɔːɡ / noun 🔑 [ C ] 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 ◆ I took the dog for a walk . ◆ I could hear a dog barking . ◆ dog food ◆ guard dogs ◆ a dog and her puppies ➡ see also guide dog , gun dog , hearing dog , lapdog , prairie dog , sheepdog , sniffer dog , tracker dog [ C ] a male dog , fox wolf ➡ compare bitch noun (1 the dogs [ pl. ] (BrE informal greyhound racing [ C ] (informal especially NAmE a thing of low quality ; a failure ◆ Her last movie was an absolute dog . [ C ] (informal an offensive way of describing a woman who is not considered attractive [ C ] (informal disapproving used , especially after an adjective , to describe a man who has done sth bad ◆ You dirty dog ! ➡ see also hot dog , shaggy-dog story , top dog , watchdog ● a ˌdog and ˈpony show (NAmE informal disapproving an event that is planned only in order to impress people so that they will support or buy sth ● (a case of ) ˌdog eat ˈdog 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 ◆ I'm afraid in this line of work it's a case of dog eat dog . ◆ We're operating in a dog -eat -dog world . ● a ˌdog in the ˈmanger a person who stops other people from enjoying what he or she cannot use or does not want ● a dog's ˈbreakfast /ˈdinner (BrE informal a thing that has been done badly SYN mess ◆ He's made a real dog's breakfast of these accounts . ● a ˈdog's life an unhappy life , full of problems or unfair treatment ● every dog has his /its ˈday (saying everyone has good luck or success at some point in their life ● give a dog a bad ˈname (saying when a person already has a bad reputation , it is difficult to change it because others will continue to blame or suspect him /her ● go to the ˈdogs (NAmE also go to hell in a ˈhandbasket (informal to get into a very bad state ◆ This firm's gone to the dogs since the new management took over . ● not have a ˈdog's chance to have no chance at all ◆ He hasn't a dog's chance of passing the exam . ● why keep a ˌdog and bark yourˈself ?(informal saying if sb can do a task for you , there is no point in doing it yourself ● the hair of the ˈdog (that ˈbit you )(informal alcohol that you drink in order to make you feel better when you have drunk too much alcohol the night before ● be raining cats and ˈdogs (informal to be raining heavily ● (as ) sick as a ˈdog (informal feeling very ill /sick ; vomiting a lot ● let sleeping dogs ˈlie (saying to avoid mentioning a subject or sth that happened in the past , in order to avoid any problems or arguments ● the tail (is ) wagging the ˈdog used to describe a situation in which the most important aspect is being influenced and controlled by sb /sth that is not as important ● (you can't ) teach an old dog new ˈtricks (saying (you cannot ) successfully make people change their ideas , methods of work , etc ., when they have had them for a long time 🔑 dog BrE /dɒɡ / NAmE /dɔːɡ / verb present simple - I / you / we / they dog BrE /dɒɡ / NAmE /dɔːɡ / present simple - he / she / it dogs BrE /dɒɡz / NAmE /dɔːɡz / past simple dogged BrE /dɒɡd / NAmE /dɔːɡd / past participle dogged BrE /dɒɡd / NAmE /dɔːɡd / -ing form dogging BrE /ˈdɒɡɪŋ / NAmE /ˈdɔːɡɪŋ / ~ sb /sth of a problem or bad luck 问题或不幸 to cause you trouble for a long time ◆ He had been dogged by ill health all his life .~ sb /sth to follow sb closely ◆ She had the impression that someone was dogging her steps .
