prairie dog

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.
动词 v.
  1. To pop up from a hole or similar in a manner that resembles the way a prairie dog pops his head up from his burrow. idiomatic,intransitive,transitive
    — People prairie-dog over the tops of their cubicles and call to their co-workers: “Hey, you going for a walk at lunch today?”
  2. To struggle to hold back an involuntary bowel movement. euphemistic,idiomatic,slang
    — 2001, Andy Breckman, Rat Race [Kimberly needs to go to the bathroom] Dad, I'm prairie dogging it! What the hell does that mean? You know, like when a prairie dog sticks his head in and out of the ground.

词形变化

prairie dogs plural prairie dogs present,singular,third-person prairie dogging participle,present prairie dogged participle,past prairie dogged past prairie-dog alternative

词源

词源 1
From prairie + dog (“from their yelping alarm calls”).
词源 2
By analogy with the way in which the animal pops its head up from its burrow.
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