dogsbody

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɒɡz.bɒ.dɪ/    美 /ˈdɔɡz.bɑ.di/|/ˈdɑɡz.bɑ.di/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who does menial work, a servant. Ireland,UK
    — Who chose this face for me? This dogsbody to rid of vermin.
  2. Alternative form of dog's body (“pease pudding”) alt-of,alternative
动词 v.
  1. To act as a dogsbody, to do menial work
    — Perhaps because, having been brought up in all those different countries and languages, and then studying economics of all things for just a year, followed by four years dogsbodying for a haulage company, he had never got any serious reading done.

词形变化

dogsbodies plural dogsbodies present,singular,third-person dogsbodying participle,present dogsbodied participle,past dogsbodied past

词源

词源 1
From dog + -s- + body. 1818, British navy slang (dog's body), originally derogatory reference to unappetizing pease pudding (compare dog's breakfast), as if it were made of mashed dog meat. In 20th century applied to low-ranked sailors, thence menial servants in wider usage.
词源 2
From dog + -s- + body. 1818, British navy slang (dog's body), originally derogatory reference to unappetizing pease pudding (compare dog's breakfast), as if it were made of mashed dog meat. In 20th century applied to low-ranked sailors, thence menial servants in wider usage.
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