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bulldog

/bool-dawg, -dog/US // ˈbʊlˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg //UK // (ˈbʊlˌdɒɡ) //

牛头犬,斗牛犬,斗牛士,牛皮狗

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
    • : Informal. a stubbornly persistent person.
    • : a short-barreled revolver of large caliber.
    • : Metallurgy. slag from a puddling furnace.
    • : an assistant to the proctor at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : like or characteristic of a bulldog or of a bulldog's jaws: bulldog obstinacy.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    bull·dogged, bull·dog·ging.

    • : to attack in the manner of a bulldog.
    • : Western U.S. to throw to the ground by seizing the horns and twisting the head.

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Examples

  • He has put his political weight instead behind a quirky vaccination sweepstakes named after his bulldog.

  • His parents got him a bulldog mix, Delilah, to take care of, and he’s taken up chess to keep his mind occupied.

  • After requesting a few known toys, the dog’s owner asked the pet to bring the bulldog.

  • But he thought he might bulldog the case for a while and find a wedge for a lawsuit.

  • Darren Criss of Glee guest stars in the video as the angry bulldog boyfriend of the poodle.

  • He seems much more vulnerable now—much more three-dimensional than the macho bulldog we first met in Season 1.

  • One surprise: the English bulldog finally waddled into the top five, a ranking it had not received in 75 years.

  • “Every time I turn on the TV, I see a bulldog in a commercial,” she said.

  • But to-day, though he sees, the power of believing in his own vision and of hanging on to it like a bulldog, seems paralysed.

  • He was crotchetty and impracticable, a man of rash judgment and hasty action-as brave and as tenacious as a bulldog.

  • A man who doesn't know a bulldog from a bed-spring isn't likely to be offering a thousand dollars to avenge the death of one.

  • And now, you young bulldog, back to your room and shake yourself together.

  • Set a bulldog on hind legs, and dress him up in coat and breeches, and yo'n just getten John Thornton.'