bulldog
牛头犬,斗牛犬,斗牛士,牛皮狗
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Definitions
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- : one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
- : Informal. a stubbornly persistent person.
- : a short-barreled revolver of large caliber.
- : Metallurgy. slag from a puddling furnace.
- : an assistant to the proctor at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
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- : like or characteristic of a bulldog or of a bulldog's jaws: bulldog obstinacy.
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bull·dogged, bull·dog·ging.
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Examples
He has put his political weight instead behind a quirky vaccination sweepstakes named after his bulldog.
His parents got him a bulldog mix, Delilah, to take care of, and he’s taken up chess to keep his mind occupied.
After requesting a few known toys, the dog’s owner asked the pet to bring the bulldog.
But he thought he might bulldog the case for a while and find a wedge for a lawsuit.
Darren Criss of Glee guest stars in the video as the angry bulldog boyfriend of the poodle.
He seems much more vulnerable now—much more three-dimensional than the macho bulldog we first met in Season 1.
One surprise: the English bulldog finally waddled into the top five, a ranking it had not received in 75 years.
“Every time I turn on the TV, I see a bulldog in a commercial,” she said.
But to-day, though he sees, the power of believing in his own vision and of hanging on to it like a bulldog, seems paralysed.
He was crotchetty and impracticable, a man of rash judgment and hasty action-as brave and as tenacious as a bulldog.
A man who doesn't know a bulldog from a bed-spring isn't likely to be offering a thousand dollars to avenge the death of one.
And now, you young , back to your room and shake yourself together.