| 单词 |
bird-dog |
| 释义 |
bird-dog, v. N. Amer. colloq.
Brit. |ˈbəːddɒg|, U.S. |ˈbərdˌdɔg|, |ˈbərdˌdɑg|
[‹ bird dog n. at bird n. Compounds 3. Comapre slightly earlier bird-dogging n.]
1.
a. intr. To conduct a search, esp. a determined or persistent one; to act as a scout. Cf. bird dog n. at bird n. Additions.
1935G. L. Roosevelt We owed it to Children 143 By ‘bird-dogging’ around we finally came upon the sad corpses. 1958J. M. Brewer Dog Ghosts 98 He go bird-doggin' for a place to play his fiddle. 1988J. Ellroy Big Nowhere iii. 26 He met Howard Hughes and started bird-dogging for him, picking up star-struck farm girls. 2002Staten Island (N.Y.) Advance (Nexis) 18 July a10 Over the course of his career, he bird-dogged for the New York Mets, Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds.
b. trans. To scout or search for.
1948N.Y. Times 14 Dec. 11/2 (advt.) We bird-dogged the fabric... One buyer..sniffed out the fabric all by himself. 1952Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 19 Aug. 8/3 It was learned that Connelly was being ‘bird dogged’ by major league scouts. 1967‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp 98 Old Preston was back out there bird-dogging suckers. 1991Washington Post 26 May (Mag. section) 27/1 Day after day in a windowless world, they bird-dog books for people they will never see. 2000Denver Post 17 Dec. m4/4 The next step was to hire a new CEO. Sandler Capital had already bird-dogged Zell.
2. trans. To pursue with dogged determination; to pester relentlessly.
1940Galveston (Texas) Daily News 2 Sept. 9/1 The big guy faded back and bird-dogged the decoy. 1972Business Week 14 Oct. 42/2 We had to keep birddogging the FAA and the manufacturers, but we finally got the changes made. 1994Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 18 Sept. d5/2 Monty, a starting inside linebacker, was bird-dogging Stewart as time ran out in the first half. 2003N.Y. Times 27 Apr. iv. 12/5 The Baptist Joint Committee has been bird-dogging the president on this issue. |
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