| 单词 | to be dog at |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be (a) dog at ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > be skilled or versed in [verb (transitive)] > be experienced in practicc1550 to be (a) dog at?1589 ?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. 5v Oh he is olde dogge at expounding, and deade sure at a Catechisme. 1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie 33 He is dog at recognisances and statutes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. iv. 12 To be, as it were, a dog at all things. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 59 I am dogge at a Catch. View more context for this quotation 1715 J. Gay What d'ye call It Prelim. Scene 5 Ah, Sir Roger, you are old Dog at these things. ?1800 Brit. Jester 108 I could as soon leap over a church steeple as pray extempore;..[but] I am an old dog at the common prayer. < as lemmas |
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