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doghouse

/dog-hous, dog-/US // ˈdɒgˌhaʊs, ˈdɒg- //UK // (ˈdɒɡˌhaʊs) //

狗窝,狗屋,狗舍,狗笼

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural dog·hous·es [dog-hou-ziz, dog-]. /ˈdɒgˌhaʊ zɪz, ˈdɒg-/.

    • : a small shelter for a dog.
    • : a small cabin that presents a relatively high profile and gives the appearance of a box.Compare trunk cabin.
    • : Rocketry Slang. a bulge on the surface of a rocket or missile, for scientific instruments.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indisfavor

Examples

  • For example, McDonald just installed peel-and-stick patterned vinyl floor tiles from Wayfair in a custom doghouse that she built on her property.

  • My mother used to make men buy two pieces, one for the occasion and the one for when he would be in the doghouse.

  • Whatever it is, there's no question that the time lapse between sin and time served in the political doghouse is on the wane.

  • After months in the doghouse, Mr. Banks is summoned to face what he firmly believes will be the coup de grâce.

  • The man brought him home for me, and chained him up in an unused wood-shed, for I had no doghouse as yet.

  • He stuck his nose out of the doghouse and saw four slender, hairy animals.

  • As soon as the four Weasels had talked things over, they went straight to the chicken coop which stood close to the doghouse.

  • Poor Pinocchio huddled close to the doghouse more dead than alive from cold, hunger, and fright.

  • Charley had currently burned out a transformer by some careless and exuberant antic; hence the mutual doghouse.