dag

dag
noun
  1. (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
  2. (Austral./NZ informal)a socially conservative person
    (澳/新西兰,非正式)保守分子
(dagged, dagging)
  1. [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
  1. (informal)hurry up
    (非正式)赶紧
语源
  1. 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'
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