working dog

基本解釋

Among working dog people, you will hear a lot of talk about drives.
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If you are out in the country with some open space, you might want to consider a working dog.
如果你是在一些空地國門，你可能要考慮的工作犬。
Here Oliphant makes Bush out to be a scrawny beast, not the muscular and rather cuddly sort of working dog that most real seeing-eye dogs are.
在這裡,奧列芬特把佈什畫成一衹很瘦的動(dòng)物,而不是像大多數(shù)真導(dǎo)盲犬那樣的健壯而可愛的狗。
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They are working with animal shelters to find either a Portuguese water dog or a Labradoodle.

Knowing that you are working for a dog is not particularly motivating, whereas working for an acknowledged star usually is.
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"Well, Joe has been working like a dog since he's been here this week, " Faulkner says.
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It bothers me that I coulda bought 10-year Treasuries instead of working like a dog doping out junk bond paper.
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a dog of suitable breed or training kept for its practical use, such as herding sheep, rather than as a pet or for showing