| 单词 | running dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrunning dog running dog n. [after Chinese zǒugǒu hunting dog, (hence) servile follower, lackey (18th cent. or earlier in political contexts) < zǒu to go, to run + gǒu dog] (chiefly in the phraseology of Communism and Socialism) a person who is subservient to a foreign power, esp. to one that threatens revolutionary interests; (later, in generalized use) a servile follower, a lackey. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [noun] > faults according to communist theory > one who commits running dog1925 diversionist1937 objectivist1960 capitulationist1963 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > other types of servant minstrel?c1225 mill-knavec1380 subdeacona1382 rehetoura1425 daily waiter1519 apparitor1533 Nethinim1535 fealc1650 washpot1678 Sunday outer1837 comprador1840 liveryman1841 running dog1969 1925 tr. in Los Angeles Times 8 June 2/8 The Communists cry ‘overthrow imperialism’, but they themselves are the running dogs of red Russian imperialists. 1928 P. Monroe China xi. 304 The intelligent Chinese..may believe that missionaries in general are but the ‘running dogs’..of the imperialistic business and political interests. 1961 tr. Mao Zedong Sel. Wks. IV. 284 Without a revolutionary party,..it is impossible to lead the working class and the broad masses of the people in defeating imperialism and its running dogs. 1969 R. Quest Cerberus Murders xxi. 119 This is how we worked—we were not a team and I was certainly not his running-dog. 1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy i. iii. 56 Czarist imperialist running dogs drank tasteless coffee with divisive, deviationist, chauvinist Stalinists. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xvi. 512 The Chairman's favorite lickspittle lackey and running dog. < as lemmas |
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