English Dictionary

dog

/dɒɡ/

verb

(transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch. / (transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way. / (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.

The dog chased the squirrel up the tree.

意味（1）

(transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.

意味（2）

(transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.

The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.

意味（3）

(transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.

It is very important to dog down these hatches.

意味（4）

(intransitive, emerging usage in Britain) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.

I admit that I like to dog at my local country park.

意味（5）

(intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.

A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it.

意味（6）

(transitive) To criticize.

Harmon Rabb (David James Elliott): Are you dogging Harm's special meatless meatloaf?

Harmon Rabb (David James Elliott): Are you dogging Harm's special meatless meatloaf? Sarah MacKenzie (Catherine Bell): Let's put it this way. If you were to make the Harmon Special on this ship, they'd have to unload it with the toxic waste.

意味（7）

(transitive, military) To divide (a watch) with a comrade.

A. We never stood 4 to 8 p.m. watches, sir. We dogged our watches.

A. We never stood 4 to 8 p.m. watches, sir. We dogged our watches. Q. I suppose that is 6 to 8 p.m., then; it is a little indistinct. I mean the second dog watch.