单词	bulldog
释义	bulldog /ˈbʊldɒɡ / noun 1A dog of a sturdy smooth-haired breed with a large head and powerful protruding lower jaw, a flat wrinkled face, and a broad chest.One early British author studying dogs in the Orient described the native dogs she found in China as being mixed with mastiff, chow, bulldog and common street dogs.... From the ancestral wolf, humans selected forms as diverse as Chihuahuas, St. Bernards, poodles, and bulldogs. The bulldog, although bred originally for close encounters in blood sports, was a cuddlesome, affable creature beneath the ferocity and gore. 1.1A person noted for courageous or stubborn tenacity: [as modifier]: the bulldog spirit... But despite the injuries, Ingle has battled his way back to fitness - epitomising the bulldog spirit which made him a success in the ring - and is still very much part of the sport. He doesn't have an athletic body but has a bulldog mentality. A closer since 1998, Wickman has a bulldog mentality on the mound. 2 informal (At Oxford and Cambridge Universities) an official who assists the proctors, especially in disciplinary matters.It is at the gates of this College you are most likely to see another traditional Oxford sight – a Bulldog (a university policeman or Proctor wearing a bowler hat.)... The full dress of a Proctor's man – or "bulldog", as he is vulgarly called-is picturesque enough, for it is of a seventeenth-century pattern and consists in a long blue cloak studded with brass buttons. He must dodge the proctors, with their attendant evil the bulldogs, on their nightly prowl round the streets of Cambridge. verb (bulldogs, bulldogging, bulldogged) [with object] North American Wrestle (a steer) to the ground by holding its horns and twisting its neck: Cal was bulldogging a mean steer [no object]: I bulldogged and rode broncos (as noun bulldogging) cowboys compete in bulldogging and bareback riding... This batch includes the grand entry, bronc riding, bulldogging, barrel racing, roping, cutting horses, and bull riding. Buffalo Bill bulldogged an outlaw to the ground and hogtied him rodeo style. He rode steers for four years in the rodeo, and tried his hand at bulldogging. Derivatives bulldogger noun ... Often competing in Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming as well as other western states, he was a world champion rodeo bulldogger for several years. The bulldogger eases down the right side of horse, reaching for the steer's horns with his hands. If the bulldogger breaks the barrier before the steer reaches his head start, a 10-second penalty is assessed.
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