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The "Peanuts" comic strip character Snoopy was named the top dog in pop culture by the American Kennel Club as part of its 125th anniversary celebration, beating out a college sports mascot.

「花生米」連環漫畫中的角色史努比，擊敗一所大學的運動吉祥物，榮登美國育犬協會票選的流行文化第一狗。這是該組織慶祝125週年的活動之一。

Nearly 76,000 online voters chose their favorites from a list of pop culture dogs drawn from television, film, literature, sports and art, the kennel club said.

該育犬協會表示，將近7萬6000名網路投票者從一份網羅電視、電影、文學、體壇與藝術界的狗名單中，選出他們最喜歡的流行文化狗。

Snoopy was the pensive dog whose best friend was a bird and who seemed to be smarter than his human master in the comic strip created by the late Charles Schulz, who died in 2000.

史努比是由已於2000年辭世的查爾斯．舒茲創造的連環漫畫中的角色，牠是一隻憂鬱、且看似比牠的人類主人還聰明的小狗，最好的朋友是一隻鳥。

"Peanuts," which for close to five decades served as a mirror for the baby boom generation, appeared in 2,600 newspapers in 21 languages. Its daily readership was believed to be the most of any comic strip in history.

近50年來作為嬰兒潮世代真實寫照的「花生米」，以21種語言刊載於2600家報紙上，據信其每日閱讀率居史上所有連環漫畫之冠。

Second place went to Texas A&M University’s mascot Reveille, followed by Scooby Doo, the television cartoon character.

排名第二的是德州農工大學的吉祥物「起床號」，電視卡通角色史酷比緊追在後。

新聞辭典

beat someone or something out：慣用語，擊敗某人或某事；贏過某人或者某事。

mascot：名詞，吉祥物。例句：Do you like the official 2008 mascots for the Beijing Olympics?（你喜歡2008年北京奧運的官方吉祥物嗎？）

the baby boom generation：嬰兒潮世代，指出生於二次世界大戰後的1946年到1964年。baby boomer，嬰兒潮世代出生的人。例句：My parents are baby boomers.（我爸媽是嬰兒潮世代的人。）

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