英语释义
1. a notably prominent, important, or powerful person, organization, etc. big gun
Moeller is the defending state champs, so they're the big dog until you knock them off.
— Rick Wilson, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Apr. 2013 As I sat in front of my computer, … the big dogs in the newsroom came up to me, one by one, offering nuggets of diehard conservative newsroom wisdom and congratulations.
— Brooke Parkhurst, Belle in the Big Apple: A Novel with Recipes, 2009