Then the howl of a far-off dog rose on the night air and was answered by a fainter howl from a remoter distance.

然后远处有一只狗嗥叫起来，这叫声在夜晚的上空震荡，与远处的隐隐约约传来的狗叫声相呼应着。

The marble clock on the mantel-piece softly chimed the half-hour, the dog rose uneasily from the hearthrug and looked at the party at the breakfast table.

半小时过去了，壁炉台上的大理石锺轻轻地响了起来，炉前小地毯上的小猎狗不安的站了起来，张望着餐桌周围的全部人。

The rate of detection with the Pentagon's fanciest equipment — drones and aerial detectors — was a 50 percent success rate, but when a dog was involved it rose 30 percent.

五角大楼最高级的探测设备——无人驾驶飞机和空中探测器——其探测的准确率只达50%，而犬类的准确率则能将这个比率提高30%。

The runt of a litter of bulldogs, Tillman rose above his stature to take top dog by covering 100 meters in 19.678 seconds in a 2010 competition.

蒂尔曼是只侏儒沙皮狗，但却在去年的100米赛跑中以19.678秒夺冠的成绩一鸣惊人。

President Barack Obama throws a ball for Bo, the family dog, in the Rose Garden of the White House, September 9, 2010.

奥巴马总统在白宫玫瑰园给他的爱犬博抛出一个球。