bobtail

名词 bobtail:

1. a short or shortened tail of certain animals
   同义词：bob, dock
2. large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain
   同义词：Old English sheepdog

形容词 bobtail:

1. having a short or shortened tail
   同义词：bobtailed

1. All the people of whom you and I are the rag-tag and bobtail, all the camp followers of western civilization, we have taken it for granted that even if we did not live up to those exalted ethical standards, we did a great deal better than anyone else.
   我们所有的人，包括你和我这样的下层平民，以及所有西方文明的依附者都认为，即使我们尚未达到那些崇高的道德标准，我们也还是是比别的任何人都干得好得多。