watchpuppy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A young, small, or insignificant watchdog. humorous,informal
    — The latter power, incidentally, will no doubt be welcome over at the Bank of England which has nurtured the infant City watchpuppy with a very sizable unsecured overdraft and will be looking forward to the first tranche of repayment.

词形变化

watchpuppies plural

词源

From watch + puppy, by analogy with watchdog.
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