a dog with thick curly hair that is sometimes cut into special shapes 鬈毛狗 - (British English, informal)
a person who is too willing to do what somebody else tells them to do 百依百顺的人 He has made himself appear a poodle of the Prime Minister. 他让自己成了首相的走狗。
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from German Pudel(hund), from Low German pud(d)eln ‘splash in water’ (the poodle being a water-dog).