dog days

常见例句

THE bombshell burst this week, in the dog days of summer, when fewer Japanese were likely to be bothered.
三伏之夏，在没有任何一个日本人愿意被打扰的日子里，本周却发生了一件令人震惊的事件。
Which brings up a common question: If the summer solstice is the longest day of the year, why are the dog days of August typically hotter?
这里要提一个共同的问题：如果夏至是一年之中白天最长的一天，为什么8月份的三伏天通常会更热一些？
With the arrival of the dog days, air conditioners become the hot cake in electric home appliances stores, and many firms attract customers by lowering the prices one after another.
三伏天到来，空调成了家电卖场的热卖产品，很多商家纷纷推出降价活动吸引顾客。

The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year.
So you watch the dog die over days or weeks.
然后看着狗在几天甚至几周里慢慢死去。
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This year, the dog days of summer proved to be more greyhound than basset hound.
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It's not quite the dog days of summer yet, but we do have a canine question this week for our ethicist, Randy Cohen.
NPR: The Ethicist: Weighing a Canine Conundrum
And the dog days of summer are not a guarantee of tranquility.
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