bandog

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbandɒɡ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dog that has been tied up; a mastiff or other kind of guard dog. archaic
    — The horsemen spreading themselves along the side of the cover, waited untill the keeper entered, leading his ban-dog; a large blood-hound tied in a leam or band, from which he takes his name.
  2. A type of large, ferocious dog, bred by crossing American pit bull terriers with Neapolitan mastiffs. specifically
  3. Something that or someone who pursues doggedly. figuratively,literary
    — He escaped from that experience confounded, horrified, and conscious of degradation. Those infernal bandogs of the law had treated him as a piece of insensate property to their drivelling mumbo-jumbo, as if mere contact with it had robbed him of all rights to the dignity and integrity of his own ego.
  4. A bailiff or prison guard. obsolete,slang

词形变化

bandogs plural band-dog alternative ban dog alternative

词源

From band + dog.
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