1.be in the doghouseinformalANNOY to be in a situation in which someone is annoyed with you because of something you have done 〔因做了某事而〕遭人嫌恶
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be in the doghouse• I'm in the doghouse for forgetting Valentine's Day.• William Floyd was in the doghouse.• It seems the mouseis in the doghouse.
2.[countableC]American EnglishAmE a small house outdoors for a dog to sleep in 狗窝,犬舍
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doghouse• Ralph built Grover a doghouse with windows and a hingeddoor.• Snoopy lies on the top of his doghouse almost covered in newly fallen snow.• I didn't play much, I kind of got in the coach's doghouse.• So why was he in the doghouse?• William Floyd was in the doghouse.• He staked the doghouse into the ground with three stakes, all he had.