英语词汇“dag”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dag

/daɡ

noun

1 (usually dags) Australian /NZ A lock of wool matted with dung hanging from the hindquarters of a sheep.Farmers and farmers-hands may regularly cut off the dags to keep their sheep clean....

Besides reducing methane emissions, condensed tannins have other animal-related benefits, including improved milk yields, increased liveweight gain, decreased internal parasite burden and reduced bloat, dags and fly strike.
The fleece is so cut that the wool around the base of the legs and backside runs in a continuous line, from which it is easy to strip the dags, the stains and the prickles.

2Australian /NZ informal An entertainingly eccentric person; a character: your father must have been a bit of a dag...

Although it is hard to play favourites with such a loveable bunch of dags, I must confess to preferring mum Janelle to the rest.

3Australian informal A conservative or unfashionable person.Floyd may be a bit of a dag, but he's a pretty nifty player when it comes to badminton!...

We've all known people like Steve, the likeable dag with big dreams.

3.1An untidy or dirty-looking person.

3.2An awkward adolescent.

verb (dags, dagging, dagged) [with object] Australian /NZ

Cut dags from (a sheep): we failed to have the ewes dagged...

Robert has returned to the farm to dag sheep and I'm staying here with the dog, cats and the baby.
Dag the sheep at least seven days before shearing.
Ideally sheep should be dagged before shearing particularly if they are excessively soiled.

Phrases

rattle one's dags

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting a hanging pointed part of something): possibly related to tag¹. sense 1 of the noun dates from the early 17th century; sense 2 of the noun is a transferred use of English dialect meaning 'a challenge'.

单词	dag
释义	dag /daɡ / noun 1 (usually dags) Australian /NZ A lock of wool matted with dung hanging from the hindquarters of a sheep.Farmers and farmers-hands may regularly cut off the dags to keep their sheep clean.... Besides reducing methane emissions, condensed tannins have other animal-related benefits, including improved milk yields, increased liveweight gain, decreased internal parasite burden and reduced bloat, dags and fly strike. The fleece is so cut that the wool around the base of the legs and backside runs in a continuous line, from which it is easy to strip the dags, the stains and the prickles. 2Australian /NZ informal An entertainingly eccentric person; a character: your father must have been a bit of a dag... Although it is hard to play favourites with such a loveable bunch of dags, I must confess to preferring mum Janelle to the rest. 3Australian informal A conservative or unfashionable person.Floyd may be a bit of a dag, but he's a pretty nifty player when it comes to badminton!... We've all known people like Steve, the likeable dag with big dreams. 3.1An untidy or dirty-looking person. 3.2An awkward adolescent. verb (dags, dagging, dagged) [with object] Australian /NZ Cut dags from (a sheep): we failed to have the ewes dagged... Robert has returned to the farm to dag sheep and I'm staying here with the dog, cats and the baby. Dag the sheep at least seven days before shearing. Ideally sheep should be dagged before shearing particularly if they are excessively soiled. Phrases rattle one's dags Origin Late Middle English (denoting a hanging pointed part of something): possibly related to tag¹. sense 1 of the noun dates from the early 17th century; sense 2 of the noun is a transferred use of English dialect meaning 'a challenge'. Rhymes bag, blag, brag, Bragg, crag, drag, flag, gag, hag, jag, lag, mag, nag, quag, rag, sag, scrag, slag, snag, sprag, stag, swag, tag, wag, zag
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