| 词汇 | duck |
| 释义 | duck noun uk /dʌk/ us /dʌk/ ducknoun (BIRD)A2[ C ] a bird that lives by water and has webbed feet (= feet with skin between the toes), a short neck, and a large beak: 鸭子 The ducks started quacking loudly when we threw them some bread.我们向那些鸭子扔面包时，它们呱呱地大叫起来。 a duck pond养鸭塘 juliedeshaies/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages [ U ] the meat of this bird: 鸭肉 We had roast duck. Some poultry farmers keep turkeys and ducks as well as chickens.一些饲养家禽的农民不仅养鸡，还养火鸡和鸭子。 The cat sat in the tree ready to pounce on the ducks below.树上的猫准备扑向下面的鸭子。 The horn sounded like a duck quacking. Ducks, geese & game birds capercaillie drake duckling ducky game gander geese goosey gosling grouse guinea fowl guinea hen mallard partridge pheasant quail turkey wildfowl You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Kinds of meat ducknoun (PERSON)[ C ]UKold-fashionedinformal(alsoducks) a friendly way of talking to someone you like: （昵称）宝贝，乖乖 [ as form of address ]Come and sit beside me, duck.过来坐我边上，乖乖。 ducknoun (IN CRICKET)[ C ]informal in cricket, a score of 0: for a duckI was out for a duck (= having scored 0). He's had a bad run of form, with three ducks in five innings. Cricket 12th man all out all-rounder arm ball asking rate batting bowl eleven hook jaffa king pair late cut leg break leg bye strike rate sundries switch-hit tail tailender third man Idiomsget/have your ducks in a row take to something like a duck to water duck verb uk /dʌk/ us /dʌk/ [ I or T ] to move your head or the top part of your body quickly down, especially to avoid being hit: （尤指为避免被击中而）猛低头，猛弯腰 duck downI saw the ball hurtling towards me and ducked down.我看到球朝我飞过来就连忙低头躲了一下。 duck your headDuck your head or you'll bang it on the doorframe.把头低一下以免撞到门框。 [ T ] to push someone underwater for a short time: 将…按到水下 The boys were splashing around and ducking each other in the pool.男孩子们在游泳池里击水打闹，并按住对方往水里压。 [ I+ adv/prep ] to move quickly to a place, especially in order not to be seen: （尤指为了避免被发现而）赶忙躲藏起来 duck intoWhen he saw them coming, he ducked into a doorway.他一见他们来了就赶忙躲到了门口。 [ T ]informal to avoid answering a question or dealing with a situation: He has ducked questions about whether he intends to continue in office. She became known as an executive who didn't duck hard decisions. The press accused the prime minister of ducking the issue. They have a legal duty not to duck their responsibilities. Moving in order to avoid contact avoid avoid something like the plagueidiom avoidance bypass circumnavigate clear dodge duck and weaveidiom evasive action evasively evasiveness fall fall back jump shrug away sidestep skirt steer steer clear of someone/somethingidiom weave You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Avoiding action Sly & devious See alsoduck and weavemainly UK Idiomsduck and cover duck and dive duck and dodge (something) Phrasal verbduck out of something duck | American Dictionaryduck noun[ C/U ] us/dʌk/ ducknoun[C/U] (BIRD)a bird that lives by water and has short legs with webbed feet (= feet with toes joined by skin), or the meat of this bird duck verb[ I/T ] us/dʌk/ duckverb[I/T] (MOVE)to move your head or the top part of your body quickly down, esp. to avoid being hit: [ T ]Duck your head or you’ll bang it on the door frame. [ I ]She ducked below the surface of the rippling water. To duck is also to move quickly to a place, esp. in order not to be seen: [ I ]When he saw them coming, he ducked into a store. To duck a subject or question is to avoid it: [ T ]He accused the president of ducking the issue of campaign finance reform. Examples of duckduck Not that he is ducking the more thorny problems thrown up by music, where imagery and literal meaning are much more elusive. The other members of the group show a distinct host preference for ducks. Twenty-one of 45 (47%) chicks and seven of ten (70%) ducks which were fed with 100 metacercariae became infected. Is the gene pool of influenza viruses in shorebirds and gulls different from that in wild ducks ? The bird fauna is dominated by plovers and passerines while waterfowl (geese, ducks, and loons) are found only in river valleys and on lakes. The standard of the essays is high ; there are no real lame ducks. Reelection losers and retirees were considered "eligible" lame ducks. When executive-request roll calls are analyzed, there is little evidence that lame ducks of the president's party altered their preferences to support his initiatives. Art, it seems, is the perpetual recidivist, always ducking back into the aesthetic as soon as vigilant life averts its gaze. The state, it was argued, must act as the residual source of new capital for such 'lame ducks'. A host of critical issues are ducked as a result: the use of eye-witness perspective, the relation of civilian to military scenes, and so on. You had to go under the bridge to get to the ducks' pond. Leaders of the other party-the party that was not the president's-had no similar reserve to draw upon to maintain the loyalty of their lame ducks. Geese, loons, and ducks mainly inhabit intermontane depressions. Small dogs were used to decoy the ducks, and large numbers were taken each winter. See all examples of duck These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withduckduckThese are words often used in combination with duck. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. diving duck Though classified as a divingduck, this pochard feeds more like a dabbling duck. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. domestic duck The second is that this amendment defines what is meant by "domestic duck"and"domestic goose", but how about the pigeon and the quail? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 duck egg He has an open wound the size of a duckegg in the upper part of his thigh. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with duck |
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