| 词汇 | dud |
| 释义 | dud noun[ C ] informaluk /dʌd/ us /dʌd/ something that has no value or that does not work: 没用的东西，废品 Are there any more batteries? This one's a dud.还有没有电池？这个电池用完了。 He's made eleven movies in the last 20 years and not one has been a dud.在过去的20年里他一共拍了11部电影，每一部都是精品。 someone or something that is not successful failureThe shuttle launch was a complete failure. successThe operation was a success. turkeyI really wanted to like it, but that show ended up being a real turkey. clunkerUSThat pitch was a real clunker. bombUSHis website was one of the biggest dotcom bombs in the history of the internet. dudMy charger doesn't work - I think I've got a dud. Failures another/the final nail in the coffinidiom bloodbath brain freeze breakdown busted flush car crash fiasco flameout flop foul (something) up freefall hash lemon loser parody post-crash pratfall reversal slim pickings slush pile dud adjective informaluk /dʌd/ us /dʌd/ not working or not having any value: 没用的，无价值的 A customer had tried to pay with a dud cheque(= one for which a bank will not give money).有个顾客想用一张假支票蒙混过关。 Useless and futile adrift aimless aimlessly aimlessness airy-fairy fruitlessly fruitlessness futile futilely futility negation no goodidiom non-viable nugatory ornamental unrealistic unrealistically unseriousness until you are blue in the faceidiom unviability dud | American Dictionarydud noun[ C ] us/dʌd/ something that is not successful or is of little value: The movie turned out to be a dud. dud | Business Englishdud noun[ C ] uk /dʌd/us something that is of no value or that does not work: So what makes a good investment and what makes a dud? Five years ago I bought a dishwasher that proved to be a dud from the start. dud adjective[ before noun ] uk /dʌd/us of no use or value: The bank accepted 62 cents on the dollar to get the dud loans off its books. Examples of duddud I think she is dressed like a dud; can't say how she would look in the costume of the present century. Now suppose we are given input /dud/ and output [dut]. It is not always the case that an officer who has been bouncing "dud" cheques can be charged with an offence under ordinary law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Cashiering is frequently incurred for nothing more serious than passing a dud cheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have a tape recorder which uses mercury batteries and there were two "dud" batteries lying on the desk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want it to go out among the teaching profession that only the duds, the second-class, must go into the primary schools. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Compulsion on top of a pathetic basic pension that only brings people up to a means test is a dud deal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even the major security companies are robbed, and one may get a dud outfit among the smaller firms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They voted for nationalisation on a dud prospectus, and having voted for it, they now have to suffer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Duds who go to public schools, when they leave their public schools, are insulated from the cold winds that blow in industry and elsewhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it a case of palming of "dud" machines on to these nations? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That very often consisted of passing dud cheques, though sometimes it was other things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Without question, the measure is necessary for the very good reason that the present system for calculating increases is a dud. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, we have some duds in the train of investment grants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He had gone in with 200 dud, used needles and was given 200 new ones. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of dud These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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