hangdog

a. 鬼鬼祟祟的, 卑躬屈膝的, 低贱的 n. 卑微的人

词形变化

hangdogs 复数 hangdogs hangdogged hangdogging hangdogs 三单 hangdogging 现在分词 hangdogged 过去式 hangdogged 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A base, degraded person.

v.
  1. 1.

    To move or loiter in a sneaking or ashamed manner.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Low; sneaking; ashamed.

    Asper Argo, the Well-Beloved, Commdor of the Korellian Republic greeted his wife’s entry by a hangdog lowering of his scanty eyebrows. To her at least, his self-adopted epithet did not apply. Even he knew that.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

guilty shamed shamefaced

近义相关 2

afraid ashamed

词源

From hang + dog.

来源：wiktionary