English Dictionary

lap dog

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlæpdɒɡ/

名詞

広義 慣用表現

(cynology) A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.

日本語の意味

小型で家庭用ペットとして飼われ、軽量で人懐っこい性格のため、飼い主の膝の上でくつろぐのに適している犬。 / 膝に座り、飼い主と密接な関係を築くために品種改良された、小型の玩具犬（トイ・ドッグ）。

The elderly woman carried her lap dog to the park and watched it chase butterflies.

老婦人は膝の上でくつろぐ小型犬を公園に連れて行き、蝶を追いかけるのを眺めた。

意味（1）

(cynology) A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.

A lady loses her muff, her fan, or her lap-dog, and so the silly poet runs home to versify the disaster.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) A person who behaves in a servile manner, such as a sycophantic employee or a fawning lover.

As a lady's lap-dog Leonard did not excel. He was not an Italian, still less a Frenchman.

lap dogs （ plural ）