| 词汇 | puppy |
| 释义 | puppy Theme: PEOPLE - MEEK n. a wimp; a softie.That silly puppy is still waiting outside your door.Oh, Paul, you're such a puppy! Theme: THING n. a thing; a piece or part of something.Put this little puppy right here.Where is that puppy? puppy noun 1 a person of a specified type US, 2004. 2 a pit bull terrier, especially a fierce one. New York police slang US, 1997. 3 a small penis US, 1980. 4 in pool, a shot that cannot be missed or a game that cannot be lost US, 1990. 5 a small bottle of wine US, 1980. 6 a gun. Jamaican gang terminology US, 1995 a/one sick puppySomeone who thinks, speaks, or acts in an aberrant, perverse, sadistic, or gruesome manner. You'd have to be a sick puppy to enjoy a movie as graphic and brutal as that. Whoever did this to these poor animals is one sick puppy, all right. Puppy BowlA TV program that airs on Animal Planet on the afternoon of Super Bowl Sunday. Puppies play on a mock football field, and kittens take the field for the "Kitten Halftime Show." The animals shown are usually available for adoption. Who cares about the Super Bowl—when is Puppy Bowl on? puppy loveA state of short-lived infatuation or romantic attraction among children or adolescents. Puppy love is starting to bloom among many of my fifth-graders. puppy fatDeposits of fat that are present in babies and young children but that usually disappear as they grow older. He still had puppy fat in his cheeks as he entered adolescence, which made him appear much younger than he really was. It gives her aunties and uncles no end of delight to pinch the bits of puppy fat around her cheeks and arms. puppy loveFig. mild infatuation; infatuation as in a crush. (Used especially of adolescent relationships.) Is it really love or just puppy love? Look at them together. It may be puppy love, but it looks wonderful. puppy loveAlso, calf love. Adolescent love or infatuation, especially one that is not expected to last, as in Beth is besotted with him, but we think it's just puppy love, or He's got a bad case of calf love. [First half of 1800s] puppy lovePuppy love is love between children or young people that is not considered to be very serious. They wanted to prove that theirs was more than puppy love. puppy1. n. a wimp; a softie. That silly puppy is still waiting outside your door. 2. n. a thing; a piece or part of something. Put this little puppy right here. puppy love n. mild infatuation; infatuation as in a crush. Look at them together. It may be puppy love, but it looks wonderful. puppy loveA youthful infatuation, with the implication that it will not last. It is nearly always spoken of disparagingly, as by W. A. Carruthers (A Kentuckian in New York, 1834): “Oh! it is nothing more than puppy love!” puppy loveA juvenile crush, an infatuation. The phrase refers to an adolescent male's total devotion to the object of his affection by displaying the uncritical ardor of a young dog to its owner. “Mooning over” and “calf eyes” are apt phrases for such an affliction. The 1960s teen singing idol Neil Sedaka had a hit record of a song by that name. |
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