英语词汇“bird dog”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	bird dog
释义	Trends of bird dog View usage for: bird dog in British English US and Canadian noun 1. hunting a dog used or trained to retrieve game birds after they are shot verb bird-dogWord forms: -dogs, -dogging or -dogged 2. informal to control closely with unceasing vigilance bird-dog in British English (ˈbɜːdˌdɒɡ) verb (transitive) US 1. to observe closely Police bird-dogged the man's movements. 2. to attend politicians' public appearances and to ask them questions in order to pressurize them into making public statements of policy The journalist spent the election year bird-dogging Kennedy and Nixon. bird dog in American English US 1. a dog trained for hunting birds, as a pointer 2. Informal a person whose work is searching, as for missing persons bird-dog in American English (ˈbɜrdˌdɔg) US verb transitiveWord forms: ˈbird-ˌdogged or ˈbird-ˌdogging Informal to search out diligently or pursue doggedly Examples of 'bird dog' in a sentence bird dog The plane, like a persistent bird dog, was quartering the coastline, sniffing for the scent. Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2001) obviously, Mac wants to use me as bird dog, but if I went along with him, eventually, I'd come in contact with your cops. Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2001) Archer looked from his brother to Lianne, wondering why Kyle had come to a point like a bird dog scenting warm pheasant. Elizabeth Lowell JADE ISLAND (2001) The five remaining huddled close to one another, rocking nervously side to side like a covey of quail before a bird-dog. Terry Goodkind NAKED EMPIRE (2004)
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