lap dog

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.
    — A lady loses her muff, her fan, or her lap-dog, and so the silly poet runs home to versify the disaster.
  2. A person who behaves in a servile manner, such as a sycophantic employee or a fawning lover. figuratively
    — As a lady's lap-dog Leonard did not excel. He was not an Italian, still less a Frenchman.

词形变化

lap dogs plural lap-dog alternative lapdog alternative
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