Bulldog

(noun.) a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting.

(verb.) throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo.

(verb.) attack viciously and ferociously.

杜安整理

• Set a bulldog on hind legs, and dress him up in coat and breeches, and yo'n just getten John Thornton. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• He was the Bulldog of Villaconejos and not for anything would he have missed doing it each year in his village. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• They called him the bulldog of Villaconejos and joked about him eating cattle raw. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He was growling again, and whistling a half-strangled whistle, being an inheritance from the bulldog side of his ancestry. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But let John Thornton get hold on a notion, and he'll stick to it like a bulldog; yo' might pull him away wi' a pitch-fork ere he'd leave go. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Lestrade's bulldog features gazed out at us from the front window, and he greeted us warmly when a big constable had opened the door and let us in. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Thornton's as dour as a door-nail; an obstinate chap, every inch on him,--th' oud bulldog! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• In your presence I have been no bulldog. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I cannot conceive why nature did not give you a bulldog's head, for you have all a bulldog's tenacity, said Shirley. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mr. Thornton is plain enough, but he's not like a bulldog, with its short broad nose, and snarling upper lip. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.

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