(noun.) a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed.
手打:利蒂希娅
双语例句
You'd better be a dog in the manger. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
Was he with Madame in the _salle-à-manger? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
Ill fo manger. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
Not being a dog in the manger, but the happiest fellow alive, I assure you I can dance at Jo's wedding with a heart as light as my heels. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
And the discovery that she was the owner of a disposition so purely that of the dog in the manger had something in it which at first made her ashamed. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
The horse made me a sign to go in first; it was a large room with a smooth clay floor, and a rack and manger, extending the whole length on one side. 乔纳森·斯威夫特.格列佛游记.
The company assembled in the long salle a manger, that evening, was such as one sees nowhere but on the Continent. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
They passed the door and went on to the salle-à-manger. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
Ill fo manger, you know, says Mr. Jobling, pronouncing that word as if he meant a necessary fixture in an English stable. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
Such doings may be lined with religion, but outside they have a nasty, dog-in-the-manger look. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
This was the manger where Christ was born. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.