underdogn.
英 'ʌndədɒg | 美 'ʌndɚdɔɡ
中文n. 比赛中不被看好者；失败者；受压迫者；斗败了的狗
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underdog (n.)"the beaten dog in a fight," 1887, from under + dog (n.). Compare top dog "dominant person in a situation or hierarchy" (see top (adj.)).
I\\'m a poor underdog
But tonight I will bark
With the great Overdog
That romps through the dark.
[from "Canis Major," Robert Frost, 1928]
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