dog-ear

短语

n. (书页的)折角

发音

UK /ˈdɒɡɪə/
US /ˈdɔɡˌɪ(ə)ɹ/
US /ˈdɑɡ-/

词形变化

dog-ears 复数 dog-earing dog-ears 三单 dog-ears dog-earing 现在分词 dog-eared 过去式 dog-eared 过去分词

别名

dog ear dog's-ear dogear

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.

v.
  1. 1.

    To fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication).

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

sign signal signaling signalling

整体词 1

page

词源

The noun is a variant of dog's-ear, from dog + -’s + ear, due to the similarity of their appearance to the folded ears of certain dogs. The verb is either: * directly from dog + ear; * a back-formation from dog-eared; or * a variant of dog's-ear (verb).

来源：wiktionary