dogberry
/dawg-ber-ee, -buh-ree, dog-/US // ˈdɔgˌbɛr i, -bə ri, ˈdɒg- //UK // (ˈdɒɡˌbɛrɪ, -bərɪ, -brɪ) //
狗莓,狗仔队,狗肉,狗不理
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural dog·ber·ries.
- : the berry or fruit of any of various plants, as the European dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, the chokeberry, Aronia arbutifolia, or the mountain ash, Sorbus americana.
- : the plant itself.
- : any of several plants, especially the dog rose, bearberry, and guelder rose.
Examples
Judge Dogberry ruled, "This is flat perjury to call a prince's Brother, villain."
These were the true successors of Dogberry; often infirm or aged persons appointed to keep them out of the workhouse.
How right was wise old Dogberry in his dictum that reading and writing come by nature.
Dogberry and Verges, two ignorant conceited constables, who greatly mutilate their words.
Shakspeare has, by this 'one touch of nature,' made Dogberry kin to the whole world.
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