Definition of bulldog in English:

bulldog

nounPlural bulldogsˈbʊldɒɡˈbʊlˌdɔɡ

1A dog of a sturdy smooth-haired breed with a large head and powerful protruding lower jaw, a flat wrinkled face, and a broad chest.
斗牛犬；牛头犬
Example sentencesExamples
- From the ancestral wolf, humans selected forms as diverse as Chihuahuas, St. Bernards, poodles, and bulldogs.
- A second cluster of dogs consists of mastiff-like breeds, including the bulldog, Rottweiler, and boxer.
- If you were to walk round with a bulldog, or a Rottweiler, even if it's on a lead you would be stamped as brutal, because of it's vicious nature and it's fearful look.
- The story goes that Andrew B Graves, a member of the Sheffield Scientific School Class of 1892, came upon a grimy bulldog in a New Haven blacksmith shop during his freshman year.
- These effects were qualitatively similar to those found when ritanserin was administered to English bulldogs, an animal model of sleep-disordered breathing with narrowed UA.
- News of the fatal attack has prompted enquiries from prospective owners to kennels that raise the dogs, which were originally bred from cattle dogs, mastiffs and bulldogs brought to the Canary Islands by British settlers.
- The original breed standard for the bulldog was that the head should be as large as possible, so breeders have continually pushed it to accentuate the standard.
- Certainly one of the more unusual breeds in existence today, the Shar-Pei is prized for its eclectic appearance, looking like a crazy mix of a bulldog and baby hippo wrapped in a wrinkled blanket.
- Others claim the bulldog resulted from the crosses between mastiffs and Dutch pug dogs.
- Dog expert Trevor Turner, who is chief veterinary officer for the Crufts dog show, told the inquest the American bulldog was not regarded under British law as a dangerous dog but the breed was often used in America for dog-fighting.
- One early British author studying dogs in the Orient described the native dogs she found in China as being mixed with mastiff, chow, bulldog and common street dogs.
- When the Football Focus crew opened the door to Frank Lampard's London flat, the Chelsea player had to grab the collar of his bulldog Reggie to stop the dog charging us - in the way overexcitable puppies do.
- The bulldog, although bred originally for close encounters in blood sports, was a cuddlesome, affable creature beneath the ferocity and gore.
- The pit bull is a cross between the bulldog, once used for bullbaiting, and terrier types - a mix that has created a tenacious shake-and-tear style of bite.
- A stocky white dog, which looked like a bulldog, came charging through a hedge straight for Milly, with its owner strolling behind.
- After Pastor and Coon waded through a street turned pond to collect her bulldog, Chance, and her chubby Labrador, Max, they set off to find Mr. McCobb.
- ‘El Bulli’ in Catalan means ‘the bulldog’, and there were numerous drawings and paintings of bulldogs in the area near the entrance.
- Such effects may explain why in bulldogs, a breed with compromised upper airway anatomy, there is significant worsening of sleep-disordered breathing in after 5 - HT receptor antagonism.
- Molly, an English bulldog, graduated recruit training with Platoon 2103, Company G, in October, then took up duties as the depot mascot.
- Other boxer authorities insist that Tom was a bulldog, but not an English one.
1. 1.1 A person noted for courageous or stubborn tenacity.
  硬汉，不屈服的人
  as modifier the bulldog spirit
  不屈的精神。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was a bulldog in his pursuits wearing down the most obstinate official.
  A closer since 1998, Wickman has a bulldog mentality on the mound.
  He's a bulldog competitor, but the key to his success is confidence in a spike curveball.
  His performance symbolised the true bulldog, never-say-die spirit which is deservedly admired.
  The pulp fiction clichés that mar his portrait of Young's mother are typical: ‘A tough old dame, yet beneath the bulldog exterior lurked a sensitive soul’.
  Varitek gets a ton of credit for being a wonderful handler of the pitching staff and a bulldog who goes all out and motivates the team and really helps out on defense, but that's all stuff that's pretty hard to quantify.
  With his bulldog faith, all of that is sure to come in due time.
  The 23-year-old throws a fastball, changeup and curve, but he has a bulldog approach to hitters and a fearless attitude typical of his youth but not likely to disappear with age.
  He also has a bulldog persona that is a strength and an occasional burden.
  He doesn't have an athletic body but has a bulldog mentality.
  Tolkan lends his trademark bulldog intensity, while Monk gives her characters quirky grace and a hint of pranksterish glee.
  Heroic GB were minutes away from a great win when Darren Lockyer broke dogged bulldog resilience by scoring the match-winning try.
  The kid pitcher who impressed his teammates for his bulldog attitude as much as his pitching ability had no idea what was happening.
  Despite his bulldog effort, Burkett will never get it all back for the Vietnam vets.
  A gentleman and a scholar throughout and, though it might sound trite, he's won a lot of people over in this World Cup for his British bulldog spirit.
  What the team likes most about Graves is his bulldog demeanor.
  But despite the injuries, Ingle has battled his way back to fitness - epitomising the bulldog spirit which made him a success in the ring - and is still very much part of the sport.
  The police evidence was risible, the Crown prosecutor a lowbrow bulldog, and the defence counsel out of his depth.
  Once he found in Grant and Sherman a pair of bulldogs who ignored setbacks and would not let go, his ‘meddling’ diminished.
  Formed in the dark days after Dunkirk, the Local Defence Volunteers, later the Home Guard, were expected to make up for lack of weapons with bulldog spirit.
  Synonyms
  determined, purposeful, purposive, resolved, decided, adamant, single-minded, firm, unswerving, unwavering, undaunted, fixed, set, intent, insistent
2informal (at Oxford and Cambridge Universities) an official who assists the proctors, especially in disciplinary matters.
〈非正式〉（牛津大学和剑桥大学的）学监助理
Example sentencesExamples
- The full dress of a Proctor's man or "bulldog", as he is vulgarly called-is picturesque enough, for it is of a seventeenth-century pattern and consists in a long blue cloak studded with brass buttons.
- It is at the gates of this College you are most likely to see another traditional Oxford sight a Bulldog (a university policeman or Proctor wearing a bowler hat.)
- He must dodge the proctors, with their attendant evil the bulldogs, on their nightly prowl round the streets of Cambridge.

verbbulldogs, bulldogged, bulldogging ˈbʊldɒɡˈbʊlˌdɔɡ

[with object]North American

Wrestle (a steer) to the ground by holding its horns and twisting its neck.
〈北美〉摔牛
Cal was bulldogging a mean steer
no object I bulldogged and rode broncos
cowboys compete in bulldogging and bareback riding
牛仔们参加摔牛角斗和无鞍赛马。
Example sentencesExamples
- He rode steers for four years in the rodeo, and tried his hand at bulldogging.
- Buffalo Bill bulldogged an outlaw to the ground and hogtied him rodeo style.
- Standing-room-only crowds cheered cowgirls as they competed in bareback riding, calf roping, the sponsor contest, cutting, team tying, saddle bronc riding, steer riding, and an exhibition bulldogging performance.
- A professional rider until her retirement in 1937, Kreig entered four traditional events: calf roping, bronc riding, bulldogging, and steer riding.
- This batch includes the grand entry, bronc riding, bulldogging, barrel racing, roping, cutting horses, and bull riding.

Derivatives

bulldogger

noun

These shows features all types of women performers - sharpshooters, trick riders, racers, bulldoggers, and ropers.
Example sentencesExamples
- Often competing in Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming as well as other western states, he was a world champion rodeo bulldogger for several years.
- If the bulldogger breaks the barrier before the steer reaches his head start, a 10-second penalty is assessed.
- The bulldogger eases down the right side of horse, reaching for the steer's horns with his hands.
- Once the bulldogger lands on his feet, he must either stop the forward motion of the steer or change the steer's direction of travel before he can legally throw the steer to the ground with all four feet and the nose lying in the same direction.

Definition of bulldog in US English:

bulldog

nounˈbo͝olˌdôɡˈbʊlˌdɔɡ

1A dog of a sturdy smooth-haired breed with a large head and powerful protruding lower jaw, a flat wrinkled face, and a broad chest.
斗牛犬；牛头犬
Example sentencesExamples
- One early British author studying dogs in the Orient described the native dogs she found in China as being mixed with mastiff, chow, bulldog and common street dogs.
- After Pastor and Coon waded through a street turned pond to collect her bulldog, Chance, and her chubby Labrador, Max, they set off to find Mr. McCobb.
- If you were to walk round with a bulldog, or a Rottweiler, even if it's on a lead you would be stamped as brutal, because of it's vicious nature and it's fearful look.
- Others claim the bulldog resulted from the crosses between mastiffs and Dutch pug dogs.
- Dog expert Trevor Turner, who is chief veterinary officer for the Crufts dog show, told the inquest the American bulldog was not regarded under British law as a dangerous dog but the breed was often used in America for dog-fighting.
- From the ancestral wolf, humans selected forms as diverse as Chihuahuas, St. Bernards, poodles, and bulldogs.
- The bulldog, although bred originally for close encounters in blood sports, was a cuddlesome, affable creature beneath the ferocity and gore.
- The pit bull is a cross between the bulldog, once used for bullbaiting, and terrier types - a mix that has created a tenacious shake-and-tear style of bite.
- When the Football Focus crew opened the door to Frank Lampard's London flat, the Chelsea player had to grab the collar of his bulldog Reggie to stop the dog charging us - in the way overexcitable puppies do.
- A stocky white dog, which looked like a bulldog, came charging through a hedge straight for Milly, with its owner strolling behind.
- ‘El Bulli’ in Catalan means ‘the bulldog’, and there were numerous drawings and paintings of bulldogs in the area near the entrance.
- A second cluster of dogs consists of mastiff-like breeds, including the bulldog, Rottweiler, and boxer.
- Molly, an English bulldog, graduated recruit training with Platoon 2103, Company G, in October, then took up duties as the depot mascot.
- Such effects may explain why in bulldogs, a breed with compromised upper airway anatomy, there is significant worsening of sleep-disordered breathing in after 5 - HT receptor antagonism.
- Certainly one of the more unusual breeds in existence today, the Shar-Pei is prized for its eclectic appearance, looking like a crazy mix of a bulldog and baby hippo wrapped in a wrinkled blanket.
- These effects were qualitatively similar to those found when ritanserin was administered to English bulldogs, an animal model of sleep-disordered breathing with narrowed UA.
- Other boxer authorities insist that Tom was a bulldog, but not an English one.
- News of the fatal attack has prompted enquiries from prospective owners to kennels that raise the dogs, which were originally bred from cattle dogs, mastiffs and bulldogs brought to the Canary Islands by British settlers.
- The story goes that Andrew B Graves, a member of the Sheffield Scientific School Class of 1892, came upon a grimy bulldog in a New Haven blacksmith shop during his freshman year.
- The original breed standard for the bulldog was that the head should be as large as possible, so breeders have continually pushed it to accentuate the standard.
1. 1.1 A person noted for courageous or stubborn tenacity.
  硬汉，不屈服的人
  as modifier the bulldog spirit
  不屈的精神。
  Example sentencesExamples
  A closer since 1998, Wickman has a bulldog mentality on the mound.
  Despite his bulldog effort, Burkett will never get it all back for the Vietnam vets.
  With his bulldog faith, all of that is sure to come in due time.
  He doesn't have an athletic body but has a bulldog mentality.
  What the team likes most about Graves is his bulldog demeanor.
  He's a bulldog competitor, but the key to his success is confidence in a spike curveball.
  But despite the injuries, Ingle has battled his way back to fitness - epitomising the bulldog spirit which made him a success in the ring - and is still very much part of the sport.
  His performance symbolised the true bulldog, never-say-die spirit which is deservedly admired.
  The 23-year-old throws a fastball, changeup and curve, but he has a bulldog approach to hitters and a fearless attitude typical of his youth but not likely to disappear with age.
  Formed in the dark days after Dunkirk, the Local Defence Volunteers, later the Home Guard, were expected to make up for lack of weapons with bulldog spirit.
  The pulp fiction clichés that mar his portrait of Young's mother are typical: ‘A tough old dame, yet beneath the bulldog exterior lurked a sensitive soul’.
  He was a bulldog in his pursuits wearing down the most obstinate official.
  Heroic GB were minutes away from a great win when Darren Lockyer broke dogged bulldog resilience by scoring the match-winning try.
  The police evidence was risible, the Crown prosecutor a lowbrow bulldog, and the defence counsel out of his depth.
  A gentleman and a scholar throughout and, though it might sound trite, he's won a lot of people over in this World Cup for his British bulldog spirit.
  Once he found in Grant and Sherman a pair of bulldogs who ignored setbacks and would not let go, his ‘meddling’ diminished.
  Tolkan lends his trademark bulldog intensity, while Monk gives her characters quirky grace and a hint of pranksterish glee.
  He also has a bulldog persona that is a strength and an occasional burden.
  Varitek gets a ton of credit for being a wonderful handler of the pitching staff and a bulldog who goes all out and motivates the team and really helps out on defense, but that's all stuff that's pretty hard to quantify.
  The kid pitcher who impressed his teammates for his bulldog attitude as much as his pitching ability had no idea what was happening.
  Synonyms
  determined, purposeful, purposive, resolved, decided, adamant, single-minded, firm, unswerving, unwavering, undaunted, fixed, set, intent, insistent
2. 1.2informal (at Oxford and Cambridge Universities) an official who assists the proctors, especially in disciplinary matters.
  〈非正式〉（牛津大学和剑桥大学的）学监助理
  Example sentencesExamples
  The full dress of a Proctor's man or "bulldog", as he is vulgarly called-is picturesque enough, for it is of a seventeenth-century pattern and consists in a long blue cloak studded with brass buttons.
  He must dodge the proctors, with their attendant evil the bulldogs, on their nightly prowl round the streets of Cambridge.
  It is at the gates of this College you are most likely to see another traditional Oxford sight a Bulldog (a university policeman or Proctor wearing a bowler hat.)

verbˈbo͝olˌdôɡˈbʊlˌdɔɡ

[with object]North American

Wrestle (a steer) to the ground by holding its horns and twisting its neck.
〈北美〉摔牛
cowboys compete in bulldogging and bareback riding
牛仔们参加摔牛角斗和无鞍赛马。
Example sentencesExamples
- Buffalo Bill bulldogged an outlaw to the ground and hogtied him rodeo style.
- A professional rider until her retirement in 1937, Kreig entered four traditional events: calf roping, bronc riding, bulldogging, and steer riding.
- This batch includes the grand entry, bronc riding, bulldogging, barrel racing, roping, cutting horses, and bull riding.
- He rode steers for four years in the rodeo, and tried his hand at bulldogging.
- Standing-room-only crowds cheered cowgirls as they competed in bareback riding, calf roping, the sponsor contest, cutting, team tying, saddle bronc riding, steer riding, and an exhibition bulldogging performance.

词汇	bulldog
释义	Definition of bulldog in English: bulldog nounPlural bulldogsˈbʊldɒɡˈbʊlˌdɔɡ 1A dog of a sturdy smooth-haired breed with a large head and powerful protruding lower jaw, a flat wrinkled face, and a broad chest. 斗牛犬；牛头犬 Example sentencesExamples From the ancestral wolf, humans selected forms as diverse as Chihuahuas, St. Bernards, poodles, and bulldogs. A second cluster of dogs consists of mastiff-like breeds, including the bulldog, Rottweiler, and boxer. If you were to walk round with a bulldog, or a Rottweiler, even if it's on a lead you would be stamped as brutal, because of it's vicious nature and it's fearful look. The story goes that Andrew B Graves, a member of the Sheffield Scientific School Class of 1892, came upon a grimy bulldog in a New Haven blacksmith shop during his freshman year. These effects were qualitatively similar to those found when ritanserin was administered to English bulldogs, an animal model of sleep-disordered breathing with narrowed UA. News of the fatal attack has prompted enquiries from prospective owners to kennels that raise the dogs, which were originally bred from cattle dogs, mastiffs and bulldogs brought to the Canary Islands by British settlers. The original breed standard for the bulldog was that the head should be as large as possible, so breeders have continually pushed it to accentuate the standard. Certainly one of the more unusual breeds in existence today, the Shar-Pei is prized for its eclectic appearance, looking like a crazy mix of a bulldog and baby hippo wrapped in a wrinkled blanket. Others claim the bulldog resulted from the crosses between mastiffs and Dutch pug dogs. Dog expert Trevor Turner, who is chief veterinary officer for the Crufts dog show, told the inquest the American bulldog was not regarded under British law as a dangerous dog but the breed was often used in America for dog-fighting. One early British author studying dogs in the Orient described the native dogs she found in China as being mixed with mastiff, chow, bulldog and common street dogs. When the Football Focus crew opened the door to Frank Lampard's London flat, the Chelsea player had to grab the collar of his bulldog Reggie to stop the dog charging us - in the way overexcitable puppies do. The bulldog, although bred originally for close encounters in blood sports, was a cuddlesome, affable creature beneath the ferocity and gore. The pit bull is a cross between the bulldog, once used for bullbaiting, and terrier types - a mix that has created a tenacious shake-and-tear style of bite. A stocky white dog, which looked like a bulldog, came charging through a hedge straight for Milly, with its owner strolling behind. After Pastor and Coon waded through a street turned pond to collect her bulldog, Chance, and her chubby Labrador, Max, they set off to find Mr. McCobb. ‘El Bulli’ in Catalan means ‘the bulldog’, and there were numerous drawings and paintings of bulldogs in the area near the entrance. Such effects may explain why in bulldogs, a breed with compromised upper airway anatomy, there is significant worsening of sleep-disordered breathing in after 5 - HT receptor antagonism. Molly, an English bulldog, graduated recruit training with Platoon 2103, Company G, in October, then took up duties as the depot mascot. Other boxer authorities insist that Tom was a bulldog, but not an English one. 1.1 A person noted for courageous or stubborn tenacity. 硬汉，不屈服的人 as modifier the bulldog spirit 不屈的精神。 Example sentencesExamples He was a bulldog in his pursuits wearing down the most obstinate official. A closer since 1998, Wickman has a bulldog mentality on the mound. He's a bulldog competitor, but the key to his success is confidence in a spike curveball. His performance symbolised the true bulldog, never-say-die spirit which is deservedly admired. The pulp fiction clichés that mar his portrait of Young's mother are typical: ‘A tough old dame, yet beneath the bulldog exterior lurked a sensitive soul’. Varitek gets a ton of credit for being a wonderful handler of the pitching staff and a bulldog who goes all out and motivates the team and really helps out on defense, but that's all stuff that's pretty hard to quantify. With his bulldog faith, all of that is sure to come in due time. The 23-year-old throws a fastball, changeup and curve, but he has a bulldog approach to hitters and a fearless attitude typical of his youth but not likely to disappear with age. He also has a bulldog persona that is a strength and an occasional burden. He doesn't have an athletic body but has a bulldog mentality. Tolkan lends his trademark bulldog intensity, while Monk gives her characters quirky grace and a hint of pranksterish glee. Heroic GB were minutes away from a great win when Darren Lockyer broke dogged bulldog resilience by scoring the match-winning try. The kid pitcher who impressed his teammates for his bulldog attitude as much as his pitching ability had no idea what was happening. Despite his bulldog effort, Burkett will never get it all back for the Vietnam vets. A gentleman and a scholar throughout and, though it might sound trite, he's won a lot of people over in this World Cup for his British bulldog spirit. What the team likes most about Graves is his bulldog demeanor. But despite the injuries, Ingle has battled his way back to fitness - epitomising the bulldog spirit which made him a success in the ring - and is still very much part of the sport. The police evidence was risible, the Crown prosecutor a lowbrow bulldog, and the defence counsel out of his depth. Once he found in Grant and Sherman a pair of bulldogs who ignored setbacks and would not let go, his ‘meddling’ diminished. Formed in the dark days after Dunkirk, the Local Defence Volunteers, later the Home Guard, were expected to make up for lack of weapons with bulldog spirit. Synonyms determined, purposeful, purposive, resolved, decided, adamant, single-minded, firm, unswerving, unwavering, undaunted, fixed, set, intent, insistent 2informal (at Oxford and Cambridge Universities) an official who assists the proctors, especially in disciplinary matters. 〈非正式〉（牛津大学和剑桥大学的）学监助理 Example sentencesExamples The full dress of a Proctor's man or "bulldog", as he is vulgarly called-is picturesque enough, for it is of a seventeenth-century pattern and consists in a long blue cloak studded with brass buttons. It is at the gates of this College you are most likely to see another traditional Oxford sight a Bulldog (a university policeman or Proctor wearing a bowler hat.) He must dodge the proctors, with their attendant evil the bulldogs, on their nightly prowl round the streets of Cambridge. verbbulldogs, bulldogged, bulldogging ˈbʊldɒɡˈbʊlˌdɔɡ [with object]North American Wrestle (a steer) to the ground by holding its horns and twisting its neck. 〈北美〉摔牛 Cal was bulldogging a mean steer no object I bulldogged and rode broncos cowboys compete in bulldogging and bareback riding 牛仔们参加摔牛角斗和无鞍赛马。 Example sentencesExamples He rode steers for four years in the rodeo, and tried his hand at bulldogging. Buffalo Bill bulldogged an outlaw to the ground and hogtied him rodeo style. Standing-room-only crowds cheered cowgirls as they competed in bareback riding, calf roping, the sponsor contest, cutting, team tying, saddle bronc riding, steer riding, and an exhibition bulldogging performance. A professional rider until her retirement in 1937, Kreig entered four traditional events: calf roping, bronc riding, bulldogging, and steer riding. This batch includes the grand entry, bronc riding, bulldogging, barrel racing, roping, cutting horses, and bull riding. Derivatives bulldogger noun These shows features all types of women performers - sharpshooters, trick riders, racers, bulldoggers, and ropers. Example sentencesExamples Often competing in Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming as well as other western states, he was a world champion rodeo bulldogger for several years. If the bulldogger breaks the barrier before the steer reaches his head start, a 10-second penalty is assessed. The bulldogger eases down the right side of horse, reaching for the steer's horns with his hands. Once the bulldogger lands on his feet, he must either stop the forward motion of the steer or change the steer's direction of travel before he can legally throw the steer to the ground with all four feet and the nose lying in the same direction. Definition of bulldog in US English: bulldog nounˈbo͝olˌdôɡˈbʊlˌdɔɡ 1A dog of a sturdy smooth-haired breed with a large head and powerful protruding lower jaw, a flat wrinkled face, and a broad chest. 斗牛犬；牛头犬 Example sentencesExamples One early British author studying dogs in the Orient described the native dogs she found in China as being mixed with mastiff, chow, bulldog and common street dogs. After Pastor and Coon waded through a street turned pond to collect her bulldog, Chance, and her chubby Labrador, Max, they set off to find Mr. McCobb. If you were to walk round with a bulldog, or a Rottweiler, even if it's on a lead you would be stamped as brutal, because of it's vicious nature and it's fearful look. Others claim the bulldog resulted from the crosses between mastiffs and Dutch pug dogs. Dog expert Trevor Turner, who is chief veterinary officer for the Crufts dog show, told the inquest the American bulldog was not regarded under British law as a dangerous dog but the breed was often used in America for dog-fighting. From the ancestral wolf, humans selected forms as diverse as Chihuahuas, St. Bernards, poodles, and bulldogs. The bulldog, although bred originally for close encounters in blood sports, was a cuddlesome, affable creature beneath the ferocity and gore. The pit bull is a cross between the bulldog, once used for bullbaiting, and terrier types - a mix that has created a tenacious shake-and-tear style of bite. When the Football Focus crew opened the door to Frank Lampard's London flat, the Chelsea player had to grab the collar of his bulldog Reggie to stop the dog charging us - in the way overexcitable puppies do. A stocky white dog, which looked like a bulldog, came charging through a hedge straight for Milly, with its owner strolling behind. ‘El Bulli’ in Catalan means ‘the bulldog’, and there were numerous drawings and paintings of bulldogs in the area near the entrance. A second cluster of dogs consists of mastiff-like breeds, including the bulldog, Rottweiler, and boxer. Molly, an English bulldog, graduated recruit training with Platoon 2103, Company G, in October, then took up duties as the depot mascot. Such effects may explain why in bulldogs, a breed with compromised upper airway anatomy, there is significant worsening of sleep-disordered breathing in after 5 - HT receptor antagonism. Certainly one of the more unusual breeds in existence today, the Shar-Pei is prized for its eclectic appearance, looking like a crazy mix of a bulldog and baby hippo wrapped in a wrinkled blanket. These effects were qualitatively similar to those found when ritanserin was administered to English bulldogs, an animal model of sleep-disordered breathing with narrowed UA. Other boxer authorities insist that Tom was a bulldog, but not an English one. News of the fatal attack has prompted enquiries from prospective owners to kennels that raise the dogs, which were originally bred from cattle dogs, mastiffs and bulldogs brought to the Canary Islands by British settlers. The story goes that Andrew B Graves, a member of the Sheffield Scientific School Class of 1892, came upon a grimy bulldog in a New Haven blacksmith shop during his freshman year. The original breed standard for the bulldog was that the head should be as large as possible, so breeders have continually pushed it to accentuate the standard. 1.1 A person noted for courageous or stubborn tenacity. 硬汉，不屈服的人 as modifier the bulldog spirit 不屈的精神。 Example sentencesExamples A closer since 1998, Wickman has a bulldog mentality on the mound. Despite his bulldog effort, Burkett will never get it all back for the Vietnam vets. With his bulldog faith, all of that is sure to come in due time. He doesn't have an athletic body but has a bulldog mentality. What the team likes most about Graves is his bulldog demeanor. He's a bulldog competitor, but the key to his success is confidence in a spike curveball. But despite the injuries, Ingle has battled his way back to fitness - epitomising the bulldog spirit which made him a success in the ring - and is still very much part of the sport. His performance symbolised the true bulldog, never-say-die spirit which is deservedly admired. The 23-year-old throws a fastball, changeup and curve, but he has a bulldog approach to hitters and a fearless attitude typical of his youth but not likely to disappear with age. Formed in the dark days after Dunkirk, the Local Defence Volunteers, later the Home Guard, were expected to make up for lack of weapons with bulldog spirit. The pulp fiction clichés that mar his portrait of Young's mother are typical: ‘A tough old dame, yet beneath the bulldog exterior lurked a sensitive soul’. He was a bulldog in his pursuits wearing down the most obstinate official. Heroic GB were minutes away from a great win when Darren Lockyer broke dogged bulldog resilience by scoring the match-winning try. The police evidence was risible, the Crown prosecutor a lowbrow bulldog, and the defence counsel out of his depth. A gentleman and a scholar throughout and, though it might sound trite, he's won a lot of people over in this World Cup for his British bulldog spirit. Once he found in Grant and Sherman a pair of bulldogs who ignored setbacks and would not let go, his ‘meddling’ diminished. Tolkan lends his trademark bulldog intensity, while Monk gives her characters quirky grace and a hint of pranksterish glee. He also has a bulldog persona that is a strength and an occasional burden. Varitek gets a ton of credit for being a wonderful handler of the pitching staff and a bulldog who goes all out and motivates the team and really helps out on defense, but that's all stuff that's pretty hard to quantify. The kid pitcher who impressed his teammates for his bulldog attitude as much as his pitching ability had no idea what was happening. Synonyms determined, purposeful, purposive, resolved, decided, adamant, single-minded, firm, unswerving, unwavering, undaunted, fixed, set, intent, insistent 1.2informal (at Oxford and Cambridge Universities) an official who assists the proctors, especially in disciplinary matters. 〈非正式〉（牛津大学和剑桥大学的）学监助理 Example sentencesExamples The full dress of a Proctor's man or "bulldog", as he is vulgarly called-is picturesque enough, for it is of a seventeenth-century pattern and consists in a long blue cloak studded with brass buttons. He must dodge the proctors, with their attendant evil the bulldogs, on their nightly prowl round the streets of Cambridge. It is at the gates of this College you are most likely to see another traditional Oxford sight a Bulldog (a university policeman or Proctor wearing a bowler hat.) verbˈbo͝olˌdôɡˈbʊlˌdɔɡ [with object]North American Wrestle (a steer) to the ground by holding its horns and twisting its neck. 〈北美〉摔牛 cowboys compete in bulldogging and bareback riding 牛仔们参加摔牛角斗和无鞍赛马。 Example sentencesExamples Buffalo Bill bulldogged an outlaw to the ground and hogtied him rodeo style. A professional rider until her retirement in 1937, Kreig entered four traditional events: calf roping, bronc riding, bulldogging, and steer riding. This batch includes the grand entry, bronc riding, bulldogging, barrel racing, roping, cutting horses, and bull riding. He rode steers for four years in the rodeo, and tried his hand at bulldogging. Standing-room-only crowds cheered cowgirls as they competed in bareback riding, calf roping, the sponsor contest, cutting, team tying, saddle bronc riding, steer riding, and an exhibition bulldogging performance.
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