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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. 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.