| 词汇 | hangdog |
| 释义 | hangdog adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˈhæŋ.dɒɡ/ us /ˈhæŋ.dɑːɡ/ (of an expression on a face) unhappy or ashamed, especially because of feeling guilty: （脸上的表情）羞愧的 a hangdog look/expression羞愧的表情 Ashamed and embarrassed abash abashed ashamed awkward awkwardly guiltily guiltiness have egg on your faceidiom humbling humblingly mortify mortifying not know where to put yourselfidiom pride self-mortification sheepishness silly smallness squirm swallow your prideidiom Examples of hangdoghangdog His affect is by turns boyish and hangdog. From The Atlantic He carried his head with a hangdog lurch--his heavy jaw was rough with stubble beard. From Project Gutenberg He was a loose-limbed, swarthy, slouching giant with a hangdog look. From Project Gutenberg One result of the successfully marketed lard packages was very plainly evident in the dissipated face and hangdog attitude of the marketer's son. From Project Gutenberg Here they saw many others of their own apparent ilk, dressed in rags, dirty, and carrying a certain hangdog and famished look. From Project Gutenberg He straightened, dropping the slightly disreputable, hangdog manner, then reached for his body shield controls. From Project Gutenberg All this would have formed an attractive whole, had it not been spoiled by a pronounced hangdog air. From Project Gutenberg Gone was the slouch, gone the bleariness of the eyes, gone the hangdog look. From Project Gutenberg He straightened and a little of the hangdog servility dropped away. From Project Gutenberg The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. From Project Gutenberg Across the face of the hangdog one spread a pallor that was as the whiteness of death. From Project Gutenberg The hangdog one bowed lower and a smirk of partial confidence began to broaden his face. From Project Gutenberg Like those they had seen in the canoes he had a hangdog, shiftless look, different from the bold warrior of the more northerly forests. From Project Gutenberg Where was the timid eye, the "hangdog look," the shrinking manner, he so disliked in his son? From Project Gutenberg He was one of those little insignificant hangdog things with vacant eyes. From Project 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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