underdog

名词 n.
/ˈʌndəˌdɒɡ/    /ˈʌndɚˌdɔɡ/|/ˈʌndɚˌdɑɡ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A competitor thought unlikely to win.
    — They were the underdogs in the basketball competition.
  2. Somebody at a disadvantage.
    — Laszlo: Isn't it strange that you always happened to be fighting on the side of the underdog? Rick: Yes. I found that a very expensive hobby, too. But then I never was much of a businessman.
  3. A high swing wherein the person pushing the swing runs beneath the swing while the person being pushed is at the forward limit of the arc.

词形变化

underdogs plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
Old English [Term?]?
Proto-Germanic *-gô
Proto-West Germanic *-gō
Old English -ga
Old English dogga
Middle English dogge
English dog
English underdog
From under- + dog.
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