(一般作 dags)a lock of wool matted with dung hanging from the hindquarters of a sheep 羊臀沾粪结块毛簇
(Austral./NZ informal)a socially conservative person (澳/新西兰,非正式)保守分子
(dagged, dagging)
[with obj.]cut dags from (a sheep) 剪(羊)后臀脏毛 we failed to have the ewes dagged. 我们没把母羊的后臀结块脏毛剪掉。
常用词组 rattle one's dags
(informal)hurry up (非正式)赶紧
语源
late Middle English (denoting a hanging pointed part of something, such as ornamental edging on the bottom of a garment): possibly related to tag. Sense 1 dates from the early 17th cent.; sense 2 is a tranferred use of English dialect meaning 'a challenge or dare'