English Dictionary

dog

/dɒɡ/

noun

The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.

I have a dog named Max.

意味（1）

The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.

The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.

意味（2）

Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid.

This includes the development of hyena-like bone crushers (Osteoborus and Borophagus), a large bone-crushing hunting dog (Aelurodon), and another borophagine frugivorous dog (Carpocyon).

意味（3）

(often attributive) A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.

Firstly, he was there to encourage and assist the hounds (a scratch pack – mostly dog-hounds drafted from fox-hound kennels because they were over-sized) […].

意味（4）

The meat of this animal, eaten as food:

Did you know that in South Korea, they eat dog?

意味（5）

(slang, derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.

She’s a real dog.

意味（6）

(slang) A man, guy, chap.

You lucky dog!

意味（7）

(derogatory) Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.

Come back and fight, you dogs!

意味（8）

(slang) A sexually aggressive man.

DJ Paul is a dog; one you do not trust.

意味（9）

Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.

Whenever possible, let the tree support the weight of the chainsaw. Pivot the saw, using the saw's dogs (spikes) as a fulcrum.

意味（10）

A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.

意味（11）

A metal support for logs in a fireplace.

The dogs were too hot to touch.

意味（12）

(cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.

意味（13）

A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this.

Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […]

意味（14）

(poker slang) Underdog.

意味（15）

(slang, almost always in the plural) Foot.

My dogs are barking! ― My feet hurt!

意味（16）

(Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.

My dog is dead.

My dog is dead. My mobile-phone battery has run out of charge and is no longer able to function.

意味（17）

One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.

意味（18）

(informal) Something that performs poorly.

意味（19）

(film) A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.

Blue was released, and as Redford had predicted, it was a dog.