| 单词 | shaggy dog story |
| 释义 | shaggy dog story (once / 3939771 pages) n WORD FAMILY shaggy dog story USAGE EXAMPLESWhich is, the whole cock and bull story idea, the whole shaggy dog story—the humor of it is how long and elaborate it is. Slate(Mar 16, 2016) This shaggy dog, you see, is both the mascot and embodiment of a great big old shaggy dog story. New York Times(Sep 30, 2014) Essentially, the movie is a shaggy dog story peppered with some elements of modest satire, which make fun of the current vogue for social media. Forbes(Aug 14, 2014) n a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness Hyper gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter |
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