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Starbucks to close all company-owned stores on the afternoon of May 29 for racial-bias education day

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Dispatches From the Republican National Convention
Thursday, August 30, 2012, at 1:20 AM EDT
Paul Ryan was supposed to be the idea man. So far he’s pure attack dog.

Editorial: Their Bias Is Clear

The Virginia Legislature disgraced itself when it rejected the nomination of a widely respected prosecutor to be the first openly gay judge on the state bench.

Definitions of lackey

noun

a servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant.

This is a man who treats women like servants and men like lackeys .

synonyms: servant, flunky, footman, manservant, valet, steward, butler, attendant, houseboy, domestic, scullion

verb

behave servilely to; wait upon as a lackey.

"he had lackeyed and flattered Walpole"


從"running dog ( n. 走狗) "說起

這running dog n. 走狗 -- A servile follower or lackey.
[Translation of Chinese (Mandarin) zǒu gǒu : zǒu, running + gǒu, dog.]
還是20世紀國共明爭暗鬥時期之詞。
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日文〔軽蔑〕 【政】卑屈な追随者, 陣笠政治家.

じんがさ　ぢん― 0 3 【陣▼笠】
(1)昔、陣中で足軽・雑兵などの下級の武士が兜(かぶと)の代わりにかぶった笠。
(2)政党の幹部に追従し、自分の主義・主張をもたない議員。
「―連」
じんがさ　陣笠
a soldier's helmet.
・～連　《政党員・議員》backbenchers.
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我昨天讀「牛津裝飾藝術事典」，知道running dog也是一種連續圖案之俗稱。今天找不到它，不過碰到類似的：

The other is his running dog pattern. The running dog pattern was used on the prototype boxes entered in the IPP Design contest, - like the box shown here.

http://www.cleverwood.com/kagen%E2%80%99s_decorated_box.htm


 bench

[名]

1 ベンチ, 長いす［腰掛け］, 共同いす（▼背もたれの有無は無関係）；（ボートの）こぎ手座(thwart)

a park bench
公園のベンチ.

2 （大工・機械工などの）作業台, 細工台(workbench)；（研究室の）実験作業台(laboratory bench).

3 （温室などの）鉢台, 栽培床, 苗木箱.

4 畜犬品評会, ドッグショー；その陳列台.

5 ((米))ベンチ, 選手席；((集合的))交替要員, 補欠選手たち

on the bench
ベンチにいて；控え選手で

warm the bench
ベンチを温める, 控え選手になる［である］.

6 ((the 〜))
(1) （役人, 特に裁判官の）席, 裁判所, 法廷.
(2) ((集合的))官職；裁判官［判事］の職；裁判官全体, 裁判官一同

on the bench
裁判官の職について, 審理中で

serve ［sit］ on the bench
裁判官として裁く［仕事をする］

take a seat on the bench
裁判官席［の職］につく

the opinion of the bench
（列席）裁判官全体の意見

bench and bar
裁判官と弁護士

the Court of King's ［Queen's］ Bench
((英))王座［女王座］裁判所

be raised to the bench
裁判官［司教］に任命される.

7 ((英))((通例〜es))（議会の）議員席；((集合的))（議会の）議員たち.

8 《地理》ベンチ(berm)：段丘を構成する棚状の平坦面.

9 《採鉱》（鉱石採掘のために作る）階段.

━━[動](他)

1 〈公園などに〉ベンチを備えつける.

2 〈人を〉ベンチに座らせる；((米))〈選手を〉ベンチに引っ込める.

3 〈人を〉判事の席［役職］につかせる.

4 〈犬などを〉品評会に出す.

━━(自)〈土壌が〉（自然の作用で）段丘を形成する.

［古英語benc. 原義は「机」の意もあった. △BANK³］




 attack dog

Noun

attack dog (plural attack dogs)

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.
2. A dog used in dogfighting; a bloodsport.
3. A person who engages in rhetorical attacks on behalf of another.  [quotations ▼]