junkyard dog

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An aggressive dog which guards a scrapyard or junkyard. literally
    — I saw nine dogs running en pack on South Washington Avenue ... They were making for a junkyard that appeared to be their headquarters ... And those junkyard dogs do make nights hideous for the neighbors
  2. An animal or person with an especially nasty and combative demeanor. broadly,idiomatic
    — Badder than old King Kong / And meaner than a junkyard dog
  3. A hot dog laden with toppings, such as onions, pineapple, or chili.

词形变化

junkyard dogs plural

词源

From junkyard + dog. The literal sense was popularized by the song Bad, Bad Leroy Brown (1973) by Jim Croce (see citation below).
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