1.冗长繁琐叙述后有一个意外结尾的故事
2.以一个会说话动物为主角的故事[笑话等]
1.a very long joke that ends in a silly way
1.This shaggy dog story is just a particularly weird example of the new wealth of modern China.
在印证当代中国新生财富的诸多例子中,这条长毛狗的故事只是特别怪异的一个。
2.He spent the whole lunchtime telling this interminable shaggy dog story about an actress and a bishop.
整个午餐时间,他都在滔滔不绝地讲一名女演员和一名主教之间滑稽的故事。