English Dictionary

attack dog

名詞

比喩的用法

Any dog bred, trained or used for the purpose of attacking a target, either on command or on sight; trained either as a specialized form of police dog or a security force dog.

日本語の意味

標的に対して攻撃するために飼育・訓練された犬。命令によりまたは視界内に現れた対象に対して攻撃するように仕向けられる。警察犬や警備犬として専門的に訓練される場合もある。

The police brought an attack dog to the scene to detain the suspect.

警察は容疑者を拘束するため、攻撃犬を現場に連れてきた。

意味（1）

Any dog bred, trained or used for the purpose of attacking a target, either on command or on sight; trained either as a specialized form of police dog or a security force dog.

意味（2）

A dog used in the bloodsport of dogfighting.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A person who engages in rhetorical attacks on behalf of another.

It was, however, as Charles Darwin's alter ego, an attack dog for the theory of evolution, that Huxley gained his greatest notoriety.

意味（4）

(figuratively) A person who fights physically on behalf of another.

In the middle of the night, snow falling all around, the Hound digs the family a grave. We didn’t need this episode to know the Hound has changed. Even if we hadn’t seen his relationship with Arya start to work its magic on him, the Hound’s time with the septon who saved him shows how far he’s come from the Lannisters’ attack dog.

attack dogs （ plural ）