导读：我们都知道，俚语在英语口语中占有很大一部分比例，而很多俚语都跟小动物有关，下面，我们就来介绍一下英语中有关“狗狗”的各种表达。
关于dog的英语表达很多，要想一下子记忆并不是一件容易事。可是我们需要意识到无论关于dog的英语表达有多少，跟dog的本身意以及引申出来的意思都脱不了关系的。倘若结合其意思来分析这些表达并将它们分类，那记忆起来也就方便得多了。让我们先看看dog的各种意思以及例句吧~！
1. A member of the genus Canis.
There is no point in having a dog－eat－dog attitude。“狗咬狗”是不对的。(dog eat dog 也用来形容竞争激烈、残酷)
It is ill to waken sleeping dogs. [let sleeping dogs lie; don't wake a sleeping dog.]别多事, 别惹麻烦。
guide dog 导盲狗,盲人引路犬gun dog(随猎人狩猎的)猎狗police dog警犬
prairie dog (北美产)草原犬鼠hair of the dog解醉酒，醒酒液raccoon dog [动] 狸
sheep dog护羊狗 sea dog 老练的水手,海豹shepherd dog牧羊犬
water dog n.会水的狗,水性好的人,[动]水獭,(下雨前的)小云层
teach the dog to bark教狗怎么叫(意指多此一举)
2. Informal term for a man. 如：
You are a lucky dog。你真是个幸运儿。
My boss is a jolly dog。我的老板是个风趣的家伙。
Every dog has his day.凡人都有得意时。（这句习语常用来在别人失意的时候劝慰别人，意思是每个人总会有碰到好运气或者成功的时候。）
David works like a dog 。大卫工作真卖劲儿。
You can't teach an old dog new tricks。你很难改变老人的想法；老年人旧习难改。(teach an old dog new tricks使守旧的人接受新事物)
top dog 当权派;头儿
3. Someone who is morally reprehensible. Or something that is unworthy, inferior, unsatisfying, or of a complete failure, etc.
The film must be a real dog。这部电影一定很糟糕。
Your partner is a dirty dog。你的合伙人是个卑鄙小人。
The poet died like a dog 。这位诗人潦倒而死。
They treated him like a dog。他们把他看得猪狗不如。（treat sb like a dog表示不把某人当人看）
He is really a dead dog。他真是个没用的东西。
Tom’s been leading a dog's life since he got divorced. 汤姆自离婚后一直过着混沌潦倒的日子。
(to lead a dog's life 形容人过着贫困潦倒、惨不忍睹的生活)
其他一些借用狗的形象的有趣的英语表达，可以用联想的方法来记忆：
dog's dinner n. 大杂烩，一团糟，混乱的局面
dog-tired adj. 极度疲乏，累极了
rain cats and dogs 下倾盆大雨
not have a dog's chance 毫无机会
sick as a dog 描述病得很严重的样子
the dog days of summer 一年中最热的三伏天
meaner than a junkyard dog 冷漠，不友好
关于“狗”的谚语：
Every dog is a lion at home. [Every dog is valiant at his own door.]狗是百步王, 只在门前凶。
Fight dog, fight bear. 一决雌雄。
Give a dog a bad [an ill] name(and hang him).人言可畏。
Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌。
Scornful[Hungry] dogs will eat dirty puddings. 急不暇择, 饥不择食。
The dog returns to his vomit. 重犯旧日罪恶 |
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