| 单词 | bottom dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbottom dog bottom dog n. = underdog n.; sometimes contrasted with top dog n.. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > state of being at a disadvantage > one who is bottom dog1847 underdog1887 1847 Bell's Life in London 31 Jan. 5/3 The custom at these meetings, and in this part of Lancashire is to give the first bye to the bottom dog in the card, the second to the top dog, and so on alternately until the byes are finished. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 12 July I can't help sympathizing with the bottom dog [in a fight]. 1926 D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serpent vi. 119 There was a touch of bottom-dog insolence about her. 1927 Daily Express 12 Aug. 9/5 The award will be received with disappointment by..the ‘bottom dogs’ of the service. 1994 Amer. Spectator Mar. 49/2 Perry has always shown a tender concern for what he invariably refers to as ‘top dogs’, but this habit is balanced by his sympathy for bottom dogs. < as lemmas |
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