a. with a docked tail剪短了尾巴的。 △Wiv.2.1112(110):“Hope is a curtal dog in some affairs. ”在某些事情上希望是一條剪了尾巴的狗(即:不中用)。 curtal dog: dog with a docked tail (of no use in thechase)剪短尾巴的狗(打獵中無(wú)用)。 △Com.3.2.152(146): “She had transformed me to a curtal dog,andmade me turn i’ th’wheel. ”她會(huì)把我變成短尾巴狗,只能踏著烤叉轉(zhuǎn)。