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red dog=football blitz
在美式橄欖球中航邢,一種防守策略妄帘,快速地從(通常是四分衛(wèi))接收球的進攻球員被多個防守球員防守住器瘪。
=In American football, a defensive tactic in which the offensive player who receives the ball from the snap (usually the quarterback) is charged at by multiple defensive players; a blitz.
例:The quarterback has been sacked again after another suffocating red dog by the defense.
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yellow dog
卑鄙的人或事兒=A despicable person or thing.
例:I can't believe you get so invested in these debates—all politicians are yellow dogs that can't be trusted.
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Yellow Dog Democrats
黃狗民主黨是一個政治詞株汉,適用于美國南部的選民粉捻,他們只投票代表民主黨的候選人弧轧。
=a political term applied to voters in the Southern United States who voted solely for candidates who represented the Democratic Party.
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The Blue Dog Coalition,
藍狗聯(lián)盟雪侥,通常被稱為藍狗或藍狗民主黨,是來自民主黨的美國國會代表的核心精绎,他們認為是保守的民主黨人速缨。
=commonly known as the Blue Dogs or Blue Dog Democrats, is a caucus of United States Congressional Representatives from the Democratic Party who identify as conservative Democrats.
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tin dog
(1). =iron dog=a snowmobile (in Alaska). Who’s out there riding the tin dog?
(2). 一款手機應(yīng)用就叫Tin Dog主要是讓不同地區(qū)的愛狗人士可以相互聯(lián)系。
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greyhound
美國城市間客運巴士代乃,擁有3800個汽車運營中心旬牲,是北美最大的汽車經(jīng)營者,總部在德州的達拉斯搁吓。
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black dog<英國>
黑狗是給予主要在不列顛群島民間傳說中找到的實體的名字原茅。 黑狗本質(zhì)上是一個夜間的幻影,經(jīng)常說是與魔鬼或一個地獄伙伴相關(guān)聯(lián)堕仔。 它的外觀被認為是死亡的故事擂橘。
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