pooch

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n. 狗, 杂种狗

发音

AU /puːt͡ʃ/

词形变化

pooches 复数 pooched pooches 三单 pooching pooching 现在分词 pooched 过去式 pooched 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A dog.

    非正式

    She’s just been playing with the pooch ever since they got in the field.

  2. 2.

    A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.

  3. 1.

    A bulge, an enlarged part.

    可数 非正式 不可数

    There's a pooch in the plastic where it got too hot.

  4. 2.

    A distended or swelled condition.

    可数 非正式 不可数

    Her left sleeve has more pooch at the shoulder than the right.

  5. 3.

    The lower belly region; often in reference to the stubborn fat stored in the abdominal area.

    可数 非正式 不可数 引申义

    See also: paunch

v.
  1. 1.

    To distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with out.

    非正式 不及物

    Inflate that tire too much and the tube may pooch out of the cut in the sidewall.

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词源

Of uncertain origin. One (unsubstantiated) conjecture is that the word comes from Putzi, a common German name given to lapdogs. The name Putzi is possibly formed from German Putz + -i, influenced by German putzig (“funny, cute, small”, adjective).

来源:wiktionary