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单词 attack dog
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Definition of attack dog in English:

attack dog

noun
  • 1A dog trained to attack on command and kept for this purpose.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In Egypt, riot police used water cannons and attack dogs to keep anti-war demonstrators away from the US embassy.
    • One of the most hated abuses by York police was the use of attack dogs.
    • A German shepherd attack dog also made the trip from Angola.
    • But using attack dogs on those young demonstrators seems too extreme.
    • The police have been equipped with water cannon, attack dogs, tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullet guns.
    • These black attack dogs are well fed.
    • Neighborhood watch teams, alarm systems, and attack dogs were now the norm.
    • As journalists were hurriedly shepherded back onto buses, policemen with large attack dogs threatened the women.
    • Attack dogs barked furiously behind bolted doors.
    • But his guards trust their longtime charge to roam the prison and tend to attack dogs.
    • Equipped with an arsenal of weapons and a pack of highly trained attack dogs, a ruthless hunter begins to stalk the boys, one by one.
    • His signature will be the black balaclava and the attack dogs.
    • They have not had electrodes attached to their genitals or been set on by attack dogs.
    • Others are shackled in stress positions for hours, held in isolation for months, and threatened with attack dogs.
    • More than 30,000 heavily armed troops and police backed by light tanks, armoured vehicles, water cannon, horses and attack dogs were deployed around the capital.
    • And a lawyer who phoned said that he needed an attack dog to fend off some of his previous clients.
    • Drawing on their activist roots, the refugees launched demonstrations and strikes, which the Marines met with attack dogs, batons and tanks.
    • He disliked dogs, and attack dogs most of all.
    • An angry standoff ensued, until police unleashed their attack dogs, injuring several workers.
    • The police then charged the picket line with attack dogs.
    1. 1.1 A person who is very aggressive in their defence or support of someone or something.
      he was accused of being an all-purpose attack dog for the government
      Example sentencesExamples
      • "I'm not going to get into a name-calling match with the administration's chief attack dog," he said.
      • Are they going to become an attack dog or a watchdog press corps?
      • Edwards, looking - if possible - even younger than usual, answered Democratic naysayers by perfectly filling the role of attack dog.
      • We also need to figure out how we can become cohesive units within our own party rather than a disoraganized swarm of attack dogs.
      • Instead she has now been firmly assigned to the traditional role of the vice-presidential candidate: attack dog.
      • The president sends out his attack dog often.
      • He scored at a career-high pace, but more importantly, Jackson turned Bryant into an attack dog on defense in the Scottie Pippen mold.
      • I was expecting a shooting squad of lefty attack dogs rabidly defending the movie and blasting any criticism.
      • He is the attack dog for the hawks in the war cabinet.
      • But curiously the paper contains not a whisper of complaint from Peter or his fellow attack dogs.
      • Their activists are the new attack dogs.
      • You also want your vice president to take on the role of attack dog during the campaign.
      • Instead, both have looked like opportunistic attack dogs.
      • The vice president is becoming an attack dog, on a personal level, which should be beneath him but evidently is not.
      • I had no idea he was going to be a little attack dog.
      • Unleash the attack dogs of intellectual war.
      • He is a natural "attack dog" and an astute deployer of facts and figures to put the Government in a bad light.
      • But are news outlets simply afraid of unleashing their investigative attack dogs in case legal action and harassment will follow?
      • I wish Brooks could figure out from week to week if he wants to be an attack dog or smarmy.
      • And, finally, Hillary Clinton is just a great sort of attack dog in many ways.
      Synonyms
      persecutor, oppressor, tyrant, tormentor, browbeater, intimidator, coercer, subjugator
 
 

Definition of attack dog in US English:

attack dog

noun
  • 1A dog trained to attack on command and kept for this purpose.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But his guards trust their longtime charge to roam the prison and tend to attack dogs.
    • And a lawyer who phoned said that he needed an attack dog to fend off some of his previous clients.
    • Attack dogs barked furiously behind bolted doors.
    • Others are shackled in stress positions for hours, held in isolation for months, and threatened with attack dogs.
    • He disliked dogs, and attack dogs most of all.
    • The police have been equipped with water cannon, attack dogs, tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullet guns.
    • Drawing on their activist roots, the refugees launched demonstrations and strikes, which the Marines met with attack dogs, batons and tanks.
    • One of the most hated abuses by York police was the use of attack dogs.
    • In Egypt, riot police used water cannons and attack dogs to keep anti-war demonstrators away from the US embassy.
    • Neighborhood watch teams, alarm systems, and attack dogs were now the norm.
    • The police then charged the picket line with attack dogs.
    • They have not had electrodes attached to their genitals or been set on by attack dogs.
    • An angry standoff ensued, until police unleashed their attack dogs, injuring several workers.
    • A German shepherd attack dog also made the trip from Angola.
    • These black attack dogs are well fed.
    • More than 30,000 heavily armed troops and police backed by light tanks, armoured vehicles, water cannon, horses and attack dogs were deployed around the capital.
    • As journalists were hurriedly shepherded back onto buses, policemen with large attack dogs threatened the women.
    • Equipped with an arsenal of weapons and a pack of highly trained attack dogs, a ruthless hunter begins to stalk the boys, one by one.
    • But using attack dogs on those young demonstrators seems too extreme.
    • His signature will be the black balaclava and the attack dogs.
    1. 1.1 A person who is very aggressive in defense or support of someone or something.
      he was accused of being an all-purpose attack dog for the party
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Are they going to become an attack dog or a watchdog press corps?
      • Their activists are the new attack dogs.
      • The vice president is becoming an attack dog, on a personal level, which should be beneath him but evidently is not.
      • He scored at a career-high pace, but more importantly, Jackson turned Bryant into an attack dog on defense in the Scottie Pippen mold.
      • He is the attack dog for the hawks in the war cabinet.
      • But curiously the paper contains not a whisper of complaint from Peter or his fellow attack dogs.
      • Edwards, looking - if possible - even younger than usual, answered Democratic naysayers by perfectly filling the role of attack dog.
      • The president sends out his attack dog often.
      • Instead she has now been firmly assigned to the traditional role of the vice-presidential candidate: attack dog.
      • I was expecting a shooting squad of lefty attack dogs rabidly defending the movie and blasting any criticism.
      • But are news outlets simply afraid of unleashing their investigative attack dogs in case legal action and harassment will follow?
      • I wish Brooks could figure out from week to week if he wants to be an attack dog or smarmy.
      • "I'm not going to get into a name-calling match with the administration's chief attack dog," he said.
      • And, finally, Hillary Clinton is just a great sort of attack dog in many ways.
      • You also want your vice president to take on the role of attack dog during the campaign.
      • Instead, both have looked like opportunistic attack dogs.
      • I had no idea he was going to be a little attack dog.
      • Unleash the attack dogs of intellectual war.
      • He is a natural "attack dog" and an astute deployer of facts and figures to put the Government in a bad light.
      • We also need to figure out how we can become cohesive units within our own party rather than a disoraganized swarm of attack dogs.
      Synonyms
      persecutor, oppressor, tyrant, tormentor, browbeater, intimidator, coercer, subjugator
 
 
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