| 单词 | hangdog |
| 释义 | hangdog adjective[before noun] uk/ˈhæŋ.dɒɡ/us/ˈhæŋ.dɑːɡ/(of anexpressionon aface)unhappyorashamed,especiallybecause offeelingguilty: （脸上的表情）羞愧的a hangdoglook/expression羞愧的表情 Ashamed and embarrassed
Examplesofhangdoghangdog His affect is by turns boyish andhangdog. FromThe Atlantic He carried his head with ahangdoglurch--his heavy jaw was rough with stubble beard. FromProject Gutenberg He was a loose-limbed, swarthy, slouching giant with ahangdoglook. FromProject Gutenberg One result of the successfully marketed lard packages was very plainly evident in the dissipated face andhangdogattitude of the marketer's son. FromProject Gutenberg Here they saw many others of their own apparent ilk, dressed in rags, dirty, and carrying a certainhangdogand famished look. FromProject Gutenberg He straightened, dropping the slightly disreputable,hangdogmanner, then reached for his body shield controls. FromProject Gutenberg All this would have formed an attractive whole, had it not been spoiled by a pronouncedhangdogair. FromProject Gutenberg Gone was the slouch, gone the bleariness of the eyes, gone thehangdoglook. FromProject Gutenberg He straightened and a little of thehangdogservility dropped away. FromProject Gutenberg The poor colonel went out of the room with ahangdoglook. FromProject Gutenberg Across the face of thehangdogone spread a pallor that was as the whiteness of death. FromProject Gutenberg Thehangdogone bowed lower and a smirk of partial confidence began to broaden his face. FromProject Gutenberg Like those they had seen in the canoes he had ahangdog, shiftless look, different from the bold warrior of the more northerly forests. FromProject Gutenberg Where was the timid eye, the "hangdoglook," the shrinking manner, he so disliked in his son? FromProject Gutenberg He was one of those little insignificanthangdogthings with vacant eyes. FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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