| 单词 | to turn dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn (also play) dog c. slang (chiefly U.S., Australian, and New Zealand). A person who betrays his or her associates; an informer. Frequently in to turn (also play) dog. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun] > treacherous person swikec1000 adderOE traitor?c1225 Scariotc1380 murdererc1390 Judasc1405 proditor1436 cuckoo1581 Sinon1581 treachetour1590 viper1596 serpent1600 snakea1616 tradenta1626 Iscariot1647 dog1846 double-crosser1888 two-timer1927 1846 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 21 Feb. 210/2 Dick White has been playing the ‘dog’, and he and the ‘coppers’ are now within ten minutes of the house. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. v. 69 Are you going to turn dog, now you know the way in? 1901 E. Dyson Gold Stealers xix. 231 ‘Tell me how you come to be in the Stream drive that night.’ Dick..answered nothing. ‘Come on, old man, I won't turn dog.’ 1908 N.Z. Truth 4 Apr. 5 It was a very contemptible thing..for Machray to ‘turn dog’ on his mates. 1969 Telegraph (Brisbane) 11 Oct. 1/1 A ‘dog’ is the term applied by prisoners to fellow-prisoners who turn informer. 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 26 Apr. 18/3 A yellow dog, in the latest gangland slang, is an informer or rat. < as lemmas |
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