Definition of dodge in English:

dodge

verb dɒdʒdɑdʒ

[with object]

1Avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement.
躲开
marchers had to dodge missiles thrown by loyalists
行进的人们不得不躲开忠实者的投掷物。
Example sentencesExamples
- I pushed myself up and dodged a sudden flurry to my right, just in time to avoid someone else's arms.
- If he made a sudden move, Ashley reckoned she might dodge him and escape.
- When the news was wafted to his father's factory, all his colleagues dodged him as if they were avoiding a deadly plague.
- This time, he wasn't quick enough in dodging any attacks.
- He attacked right then left, both parried and did a quick back roll to dodged a vertical attack.
- His hand stretched out to pet his cat but she dodged him and jumped over his stomach to purr against my legs.
- As he easily dodged the blow he brought himself behind Michael and grabbed his wrist with both hands.
- On this day it was a question of dodging the rain that at times hammered down, and then of course out came the Sun, and it was like playing in a sauna.
- I watched the fighter fend off or dodge the attack of every solo fighter.
- My lips formed a silent O as we dodged what little traffic there was.
- Pensioners who have to dodge dual-carriage way traffic to catch a bus are dicing with death, a county councillor has claimed.
- Vehicles merely gain speed near a zebra crossing for the fear of catching a signal and the pedestrians are left dodging speeding vehicles to get to the other end of the road.
- He dodges her as she tries to hit him with the weapon.
- She threw herself to the floor, just barely dodging a bullet that was aimed for her head.
- The children skillfully dodged him as they dashed out the door.
- How the trio dodge him, with timely help from the professor and the magical map of the prison castle is the rest of the story, which is filled with surprise twists and turns.
- We turned another corner, narrowly dodging another bullet, running down the alleyway.
- He took a swing at him, but John nimbly dodged the blow.
- Mike nimbly dodged these attacks and delivered brutal counters that took out his enemies.
- I stepped forward, trying to grab his shoulders, but he dodged me once again.
Synonyms
dart, bolt, duck, dive, swerve, body-swerve, sidestep, veer, lunge, jump, leap, spring
elude, evade, avoid, stay away from, steer clear of, escape, run away from, break away from, lose, leave behind, shake, shake off, fend off, keep at arm's length, give someone a wide berth, keep one's distance from
deceive, trick, cheat
North American end-run
informal ditch, give someone the slip
1. 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Move quickly to one side or out of the way.
  闪开；迅速让开
  Adam dodged between the cars
  亚当在汽车间躲来闪去。
  Example sentencesExamples
  A face appeared in the doorway, but they quickly dodged away from the door.
  Before she landed on me however I dodged to the side of the sofa, causing her to land flat on her face.
  She pulled him up onto the seat behind her, swerving down over the main street to dodge through the rest of the traffic.
  As he dodged to the side, he had to quickly move again as a tentacle came shooting towards him.
  They went into the forest then, the horse dodged around the trees quickly and jumped over a dead log.
  She ignored him totally and quickly dodged through the mass swiftly, knowing he couldn't keep up.
  He dodged nimbly to the left and we fell on our faces in a puddle of mud.
  She quickly dodged to the right and stood to put her arm around my shoulder.
  The demons dodged from side to side spectacularly avoiding the bullets as Scarlett knew they would.
  He quickly dodged out of their way, but four turned and headed after him.
  A silver flash flew at him, he dodged to the left just in time.
  Aaron jumped up and slashed down, forcing the terrorist to dodge to the left.
  With no warning at all, she charged forward, swiping her sword widely, but Davin quickly dodged to the side.
  Jonathan easily dodged out of the way, and then rushed at the now defenseless student.
  Melanie quickly dodged out of the way moving next to Cameron.
  I grabbed my stomach and quickly dodged to my right, to avoid his fists yet again.
  Tora quickly dodged out of the way as the creature sailed passed her.
  I shook my head in dismay and dodged to one side as a BMW 3 series with loud rap music blasting out the open windows tried to turn me into a smear on the cobbled stone road.
  I swung at him but he dodged to one side, so I, without delay, moved behind him.
  The people who heard him dodged to the side quickly.
2. 1.2 Evade (a debt or obligation) in a cunning or dishonest way.
  巧妙地躲避；用欺骗的方式躲避
  he'd caught her dodging fares on the underground
  他曾抓到她在地铁上逃票。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The subject has three choices: yes, no, or dodge the question.
  For a broader understanding of why his army lost the war he ought to poll the many who dodged the draft, not just the few who took the King's shilling.
  He understands how to employ our military more effectively - despite dodging the draft during the Vietnam War.
  We have asked him direct questions and he never dodges them, although he may well give himself a moment of reflection before he replies.
  Only if no attempt is made to collect my fare will I dodge payment.
  Smith, who massaged facts and refused to face questions, dodged responsibility to the last.
  A compromise regarding participation in such a war is out of the question; this is why the Greens dodged the issue at their latest conference.
  Those are charges he says he has no intention of answering in the war crimes court, if he can dodge it.
  Everybody's got to be somewhere, and there I was in Vancouver at the age of five, dodging the draft into the War in Vietnam.
  His failure to address that question leaves him open to the charge of dodging an important issue.
  People caught dodging the licence fee, which is £116 a year, can be fined up to £1, 000, plus court costs.
  Are you dodging the social life question?
  He dodges all sorts of critical questions that the reader wants answered: do extreme conditions really reveal nothing relevant about human motives and choices?
  He remains in nimble form when it comes to dodging some questions, though.
  Swindon Council has called in the bailiffs to sort out motorists dodging parking fines.
  From what I understand there are a whole host of possibilities where they could be used to catch people who dodge their road tax or drop litter.
  No respite is given to the women constantly dodging detection and caught up at every turn by gender-specific restrictions.
  I do not think it is appropriate for a Minister to answer a question in the House in a way that attempts to dodge full responsibility for this appalling breach.
  The same question recurs on every trip, and we never dodge it.
  The telecom company was asked to comment on the letter - and on the specific question of legal action - but decided instead to dodge the issue.
  Synonyms
  avoid, evade, shun, get out of, slide out of, back out of, steer clear of, sidestep, circumvent, skirt round, bypass, give something a miss, find a way out of
  informal duck, wriggle out of, cop out of
  British informal funk, skive, skive off
  North American informal cut
  Australian/New Zealand informal duck-shove
  archaic decline, bilk
2often as noun dodgingPhotography
Expose (one area of a print) less than the rest during processing or enlarging.
〔摄〕（冲洗或放大时）局部遮光
Example sentencesExamples
- This includes dodging and burning in selected areas within a photograph so long as it does not change the content of the image.
- This does take time, and if the end result wasn't quite what you wanted, then it was back to the enlarger to burn and dodge again.
- So if you are using a fluorescent tube source, dodging and burning in the enlarged negative stage may be preferable.
- The sky was a dull gray color - vastly different than the solid black he created by dodging and burning the final print in the darkroom.
- Similarly, a print area might require dodging during the initial exposure to keep it from reversing when solarized.
3Bell-ringing
no object (of a bell in change-ringing) move one place contrary to the normal sequence, and then back again in the following round.
按变换序列鸣钟

noun dɒdʒdɑdʒ

1A sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something.
闪躲
Example sentencesExamples
- Swift dodges from all three prevented anything from happening, but it was close.
- The two swordsmen were behind him and they were starting to get the hang of his dodges.
- He drew his knife and threw himself into a series of lightning-quick thrusts, parries, lunges, and dodges.
- After a series of dodges Hikaru started to lose his breath.
- Startled by his quick dodge, I lost my defensive edge.
- She rushed in, preparing to make a quick dodge into the kitchen to grab another drink and then get back out, but froze on the spot two steps into the house.
- The person swung around to avoid dodges and hits from Ewen and Tess.
- He had excellent ball control, beautiful dodges and his crosses were the most precise and measured.
- They paused for a moment and began to trade a flurry of blows, parries and dodges in a blur of movement.
- The boost in graphical detail has also improved their movements, making their dodges, grapples and infiltrations seem much more realistic.
- As you enter the room, perform a rolling dodge to the left.
- A quick dodge saved her head from an incoming fist.
- It's frustrating, especially when your mad dodges and leaps bring you into the path of an enemy you couldn't see.
- A guard shot at me but with a quick dodge from my new agility I managed to avoid at it.
Synonyms
dart, bolt, duck, dive, swerve, jump, leap, spring
1. 1.1informal A cunning trick or dishonest act, in particular one intended to avoid something unpleasant.
  （尤指为逃避令人不快的某物时使用的）伎俩；欺骗行为
  the grant system's widespread use as a tax dodge
  赠与制度被作为逃税伎俩的广泛使用。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Employers who attempt this dodge could be held liable for back payments of employment taxes, plus penalties and interest.
  He thinks that being in college is a great dodge to avoid work, so he throws all the tests.
  The effect has been to encourage the well-off to take out plans for children as a tax dodge.
  Citing such impersonal forces - such as poverty - is always a dodge for individual responsibility.
  They present this response as a matter of conviction rather than an artful dodge.
  The very first chief was initially derided as a fox guarding the henhouse, but he did a sterling job - precisely because he knew all the financial dodges.
  What he's doing here is a bit of a dodge, and that's only encouraging the press to go after him again.
  Promoters who mass-market tax dodges now must disclose their deals and customers' names.
  At the time, asbestos victims and unions warned it was a dodge to try and avoid escalating liabilities.
  The notion of diversity is simply an ideological dodge to conceal the fact that selection is being reintroduced to favour some at the expense of others.
  Kelly, I suppose it's a bit of an artful dodge to say get rid of all 527s.
  The dining area is understated and tasteful, and thanks to a few interior dodges (fake windows and the odd mirror) it avoids inducing claustrophobia.
  In theory, then, Mr. Secretary, can you address the corporate tax dodge?
  But such dodges can only hold the press at bay for so long.
  I mean, that goes in the hall of fame of dodges and fishy explanations.
  I had just enrolled in graduate school, chiefly as a dodge.
  Let's bring back ‘education and job training,’ those favored dodges from work responsibilities.
  If this sounds like a dodge by those afraid of accountability, why the suspicion among successful districts?
  How dare this President collect taxes from ordinary Americans after touting a company that created 881 offshore dodges to avoid taxes.
  The bill repeals restrictions on ‘top-heavy’ pension plans set up as tax dodges by employers.
  Synonyms
  ruse, ploy, scheme, tactic, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, hoax, wile, cheat, deception, blind, pretext, manoeuvre, device, machination, contrivance, artifice, expedient
  swindle, fraud, loophole
  informal scam, con, con trick, set-up, wangle
  British informal wheeze
  North American informal bunco, grift
  Australian informal lurk, rort
  British informal, dated flanker
  archaic shift
2Bell-ringing
The dodging of a bell in change-ringing.
鸣钟的变序

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the senses 'dither' and 'haggle'): of unknown origin.

Rhymes

bodge, Hodge, lodge, splodge, stodge, wodge

Definition of dodge in US English:

dodge

verbdɑdʒdäj

[with object]

1Avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement.
躲开
we ducked inside our doorway to dodge shrapnel that was raining down
Example sentencesExamples
- This time, he wasn't quick enough in dodging any attacks.
- The children skillfully dodged him as they dashed out the door.
- As he easily dodged the blow he brought himself behind Michael and grabbed his wrist with both hands.
- He took a swing at him, but John nimbly dodged the blow.
- My lips formed a silent O as we dodged what little traffic there was.
- If he made a sudden move, Ashley reckoned she might dodge him and escape.
- Pensioners who have to dodge dual-carriage way traffic to catch a bus are dicing with death, a county councillor has claimed.
- He dodges her as she tries to hit him with the weapon.
- He attacked right then left, both parried and did a quick back roll to dodged a vertical attack.
- Mike nimbly dodged these attacks and delivered brutal counters that took out his enemies.
- Vehicles merely gain speed near a zebra crossing for the fear of catching a signal and the pedestrians are left dodging speeding vehicles to get to the other end of the road.
- On this day it was a question of dodging the rain that at times hammered down, and then of course out came the Sun, and it was like playing in a sauna.
- When the news was wafted to his father's factory, all his colleagues dodged him as if they were avoiding a deadly plague.
- We turned another corner, narrowly dodging another bullet, running down the alleyway.
- I pushed myself up and dodged a sudden flurry to my right, just in time to avoid someone else's arms.
- She threw herself to the floor, just barely dodging a bullet that was aimed for her head.
- I watched the fighter fend off or dodge the attack of every solo fighter.
- His hand stretched out to pet his cat but she dodged him and jumped over his stomach to purr against my legs.
- How the trio dodge him, with timely help from the professor and the magical map of the prison castle is the rest of the story, which is filled with surprise twists and turns.
- I stepped forward, trying to grab his shoulders, but he dodged me once again.
Synonyms
dart, bolt, duck, dive, swerve, body-swerve, sidestep, veer, lunge, jump, leap, spring
elude, evade, avoid, stay away from, steer clear of, escape, run away from, break away from, lose, leave behind, shake, shake off, fend off, keep at arm's length, give someone a wide berth, keep one's distance from
1. 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Move quickly to one side or out of the way.
  闪开；迅速让开
  Adam dodged between the cars
  亚当在汽车间躲来闪去。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She ignored him totally and quickly dodged through the mass swiftly, knowing he couldn't keep up.
  They went into the forest then, the horse dodged around the trees quickly and jumped over a dead log.
  Tora quickly dodged out of the way as the creature sailed passed her.
  A face appeared in the doorway, but they quickly dodged away from the door.
  I grabbed my stomach and quickly dodged to my right, to avoid his fists yet again.
  I swung at him but he dodged to one side, so I, without delay, moved behind him.
  Jonathan easily dodged out of the way, and then rushed at the now defenseless student.
  She pulled him up onto the seat behind her, swerving down over the main street to dodge through the rest of the traffic.
  Aaron jumped up and slashed down, forcing the terrorist to dodge to the left.
  With no warning at all, she charged forward, swiping her sword widely, but Davin quickly dodged to the side.
  A silver flash flew at him, he dodged to the left just in time.
  The demons dodged from side to side spectacularly avoiding the bullets as Scarlett knew they would.
  Before she landed on me however I dodged to the side of the sofa, causing her to land flat on her face.
  She quickly dodged to the right and stood to put her arm around my shoulder.
  He quickly dodged out of their way, but four turned and headed after him.
  I shook my head in dismay and dodged to one side as a BMW 3 series with loud rap music blasting out the open windows tried to turn me into a smear on the cobbled stone road.
  As he dodged to the side, he had to quickly move again as a tentacle came shooting towards him.
  Melanie quickly dodged out of the way moving next to Cameron.
  The people who heard him dodged to the side quickly.
  He dodged nimbly to the left and we fell on our faces in a puddle of mud.
2. 1.2 Avoid (something) in a cunning or dishonest way.
  巧妙地躲避；用欺骗的方式躲避
  he went after people who had either dodged the war or invented a record in it
  Example sentencesExamples
  The subject has three choices: yes, no, or dodge the question.
  Only if no attempt is made to collect my fare will I dodge payment.
  Smith, who massaged facts and refused to face questions, dodged responsibility to the last.
  He understands how to employ our military more effectively - despite dodging the draft during the Vietnam War.
  People caught dodging the licence fee, which is £116 a year, can be fined up to £1, 000, plus court costs.
  He remains in nimble form when it comes to dodging some questions, though.
  Everybody's got to be somewhere, and there I was in Vancouver at the age of five, dodging the draft into the War in Vietnam.
  The telecom company was asked to comment on the letter - and on the specific question of legal action - but decided instead to dodge the issue.
  No respite is given to the women constantly dodging detection and caught up at every turn by gender-specific restrictions.
  Are you dodging the social life question?
  From what I understand there are a whole host of possibilities where they could be used to catch people who dodge their road tax or drop litter.
  A compromise regarding participation in such a war is out of the question; this is why the Greens dodged the issue at their latest conference.
  Those are charges he says he has no intention of answering in the war crimes court, if he can dodge it.
  Swindon Council has called in the bailiffs to sort out motorists dodging parking fines.
  The same question recurs on every trip, and we never dodge it.
  For a broader understanding of why his army lost the war he ought to poll the many who dodged the draft, not just the few who took the King's shilling.
  I do not think it is appropriate for a Minister to answer a question in the House in a way that attempts to dodge full responsibility for this appalling breach.
  His failure to address that question leaves him open to the charge of dodging an important issue.
  We have asked him direct questions and he never dodges them, although he may well give himself a moment of reflection before he replies.
  He dodges all sorts of critical questions that the reader wants answered: do extreme conditions really reveal nothing relevant about human motives and choices?
  Synonyms
  avoid, evade, shun, get out of, slide out of, back out of, steer clear of, sidestep, circumvent, skirt round, bypass, give something a miss, find a way out of
2often as noun dodgingPhotography
Expose (one area of a print) less than the rest during processing or enlarging.
〔摄〕（冲洗或放大时）局部遮光
Example sentencesExamples
- Similarly, a print area might require dodging during the initial exposure to keep it from reversing when solarized.
- This does take time, and if the end result wasn't quite what you wanted, then it was back to the enlarger to burn and dodge again.
- This includes dodging and burning in selected areas within a photograph so long as it does not change the content of the image.
- So if you are using a fluorescent tube source, dodging and burning in the enlarged negative stage may be preferable.
- The sky was a dull gray color - vastly different than the solid black he created by dodging and burning the final print in the darkroom.

noundɑdʒdäj

1A sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something.
闪躲
Example sentencesExamples
- The person swung around to avoid dodges and hits from Ewen and Tess.
- He had excellent ball control, beautiful dodges and his crosses were the most precise and measured.
- Swift dodges from all three prevented anything from happening, but it was close.
- It's frustrating, especially when your mad dodges and leaps bring you into the path of an enemy you couldn't see.
- After a series of dodges Hikaru started to lose his breath.
- She rushed in, preparing to make a quick dodge into the kitchen to grab another drink and then get back out, but froze on the spot two steps into the house.
- A guard shot at me but with a quick dodge from my new agility I managed to avoid at it.
- He drew his knife and threw himself into a series of lightning-quick thrusts, parries, lunges, and dodges.
- The two swordsmen were behind him and they were starting to get the hang of his dodges.
- Startled by his quick dodge, I lost my defensive edge.
- As you enter the room, perform a rolling dodge to the left.
- The boost in graphical detail has also improved their movements, making their dodges, grapples and infiltrations seem much more realistic.
- A quick dodge saved her head from an incoming fist.
- They paused for a moment and began to trade a flurry of blows, parries and dodges in a blur of movement.
Synonyms
dart, bolt, duck, dive, swerve, jump, leap, spring
1. 1.1 A cunning trick or dishonest act, in particular one intended to avoid something unpleasant.
  （尤指为逃避令人不快的某物时使用的）伎俩；欺骗行为
  bartering can be seen as a tax dodge
  Example sentencesExamples
  They present this response as a matter of conviction rather than an artful dodge.
  How dare this President collect taxes from ordinary Americans after touting a company that created 881 offshore dodges to avoid taxes.
  Employers who attempt this dodge could be held liable for back payments of employment taxes, plus penalties and interest.
  I had just enrolled in graduate school, chiefly as a dodge.
  If this sounds like a dodge by those afraid of accountability, why the suspicion among successful districts?
  He thinks that being in college is a great dodge to avoid work, so he throws all the tests.
  Let's bring back ‘education and job training,’ those favored dodges from work responsibilities.
  The very first chief was initially derided as a fox guarding the henhouse, but he did a sterling job - precisely because he knew all the financial dodges.
  At the time, asbestos victims and unions warned it was a dodge to try and avoid escalating liabilities.
  The dining area is understated and tasteful, and thanks to a few interior dodges (fake windows and the odd mirror) it avoids inducing claustrophobia.
  What he's doing here is a bit of a dodge, and that's only encouraging the press to go after him again.
  Promoters who mass-market tax dodges now must disclose their deals and customers' names.
  The notion of diversity is simply an ideological dodge to conceal the fact that selection is being reintroduced to favour some at the expense of others.
  The bill repeals restrictions on ‘top-heavy’ pension plans set up as tax dodges by employers.
  But such dodges can only hold the press at bay for so long.
  The effect has been to encourage the well-off to take out plans for children as a tax dodge.
  In theory, then, Mr. Secretary, can you address the corporate tax dodge?
  Citing such impersonal forces - such as poverty - is always a dodge for individual responsibility.
  I mean, that goes in the hall of fame of dodges and fishy explanations.
  Kelly, I suppose it's a bit of an artful dodge to say get rid of all 527s.
  Synonyms
  ruse, ploy, scheme, tactic, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, hoax, wile, cheat, deception, blind, pretext, manoeuvre, device, machination, contrivance, artifice, expedient

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the senses ‘dither’ and ‘haggle’): of unknown origin.

词汇	dodge
释义	Definition of dodge in English: dodge verb dɒdʒdɑdʒ [with object] 1Avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement. 躲开 marchers had to dodge missiles thrown by loyalists 行进的人们不得不躲开忠实者的投掷物。 Example sentencesExamples I pushed myself up and dodged a sudden flurry to my right, just in time to avoid someone else's arms. If he made a sudden move, Ashley reckoned she might dodge him and escape. When the news was wafted to his father's factory, all his colleagues dodged him as if they were avoiding a deadly plague. This time, he wasn't quick enough in dodging any attacks. He attacked right then left, both parried and did a quick back roll to dodged a vertical attack. His hand stretched out to pet his cat but she dodged him and jumped over his stomach to purr against my legs. As he easily dodged the blow he brought himself behind Michael and grabbed his wrist with both hands. On this day it was a question of dodging the rain that at times hammered down, and then of course out came the Sun, and it was like playing in a sauna. I watched the fighter fend off or dodge the attack of every solo fighter. My lips formed a silent O as we dodged what little traffic there was. Pensioners who have to dodge dual-carriage way traffic to catch a bus are dicing with death, a county councillor has claimed. Vehicles merely gain speed near a zebra crossing for the fear of catching a signal and the pedestrians are left dodging speeding vehicles to get to the other end of the road. He dodges her as she tries to hit him with the weapon. She threw herself to the floor, just barely dodging a bullet that was aimed for her head. The children skillfully dodged him as they dashed out the door. How the trio dodge him, with timely help from the professor and the magical map of the prison castle is the rest of the story, which is filled with surprise twists and turns. We turned another corner, narrowly dodging another bullet, running down the alleyway. He took a swing at him, but John nimbly dodged the blow. Mike nimbly dodged these attacks and delivered brutal counters that took out his enemies. I stepped forward, trying to grab his shoulders, but he dodged me once again. Synonyms dart, bolt, duck, dive, swerve, body-swerve, sidestep, veer, lunge, jump, leap, spring elude, evade, avoid, stay away from, steer clear of, escape, run away from, break away from, lose, leave behind, shake, shake off, fend off, keep at arm's length, give someone a wide berth, keep one's distance from deceive, trick, cheat North American end-run informal ditch, give someone the slip 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Move quickly to one side or out of the way. 闪开；迅速让开 Adam dodged between the cars 亚当在汽车间躲来闪去。 Example sentencesExamples A face appeared in the doorway, but they quickly dodged away from the door. Before she landed on me however I dodged to the side of the sofa, causing her to land flat on her face. She pulled him up onto the seat behind her, swerving down over the main street to dodge through the rest of the traffic. As he dodged to the side, he had to quickly move again as a tentacle came shooting towards him. They went into the forest then, the horse dodged around the trees quickly and jumped over a dead log. She ignored him totally and quickly dodged through the mass swiftly, knowing he couldn't keep up. He dodged nimbly to the left and we fell on our faces in a puddle of mud. She quickly dodged to the right and stood to put her arm around my shoulder. The demons dodged from side to side spectacularly avoiding the bullets as Scarlett knew they would. He quickly dodged out of their way, but four turned and headed after him. A silver flash flew at him, he dodged to the left just in time. Aaron jumped up and slashed down, forcing the terrorist to dodge to the left. With no warning at all, she charged forward, swiping her sword widely, but Davin quickly dodged to the side. Jonathan easily dodged out of the way, and then rushed at the now defenseless student. Melanie quickly dodged out of the way moving next to Cameron. I grabbed my stomach and quickly dodged to my right, to avoid his fists yet again. Tora quickly dodged out of the way as the creature sailed passed her. I shook my head in dismay and dodged to one side as a BMW 3 series with loud rap music blasting out the open windows tried to turn me into a smear on the cobbled stone road. I swung at him but he dodged to one side, so I, without delay, moved behind him. The people who heard him dodged to the side quickly. 1.2 Evade (a debt or obligation) in a cunning or dishonest way. 巧妙地躲避；用欺骗的方式躲避 he'd caught her dodging fares on the underground 他曾抓到她在地铁上逃票。 Example sentencesExamples The subject has three choices: yes, no, or dodge the question. For a broader understanding of why his army lost the war he ought to poll the many who dodged the draft, not just the few who took the King's shilling. He understands how to employ our military more effectively - despite dodging the draft during the Vietnam War. We have asked him direct questions and he never dodges them, although he may well give himself a moment of reflection before he replies. Only if no attempt is made to collect my fare will I dodge payment. Smith, who massaged facts and refused to face questions, dodged responsibility to the last. A compromise regarding participation in such a war is out of the question; this is why the Greens dodged the issue at their latest conference. Those are charges he says he has no intention of answering in the war crimes court, if he can dodge it. Everybody's got to be somewhere, and there I was in Vancouver at the age of five, dodging the draft into the War in Vietnam. His failure to address that question leaves him open to the charge of dodging an important issue. People caught dodging the licence fee, which is £116 a year, can be fined up to £1, 000, plus court costs. Are you dodging the social life question? He dodges all sorts of critical questions that the reader wants answered: do extreme conditions really reveal nothing relevant about human motives and choices? He remains in nimble form when it comes to dodging some questions, though. Swindon Council has called in the bailiffs to sort out motorists dodging parking fines. From what I understand there are a whole host of possibilities where they could be used to catch people who dodge their road tax or drop litter. No respite is given to the women constantly dodging detection and caught up at every turn by gender-specific restrictions. I do not think it is appropriate for a Minister to answer a question in the House in a way that attempts to dodge full responsibility for this appalling breach. The same question recurs on every trip, and we never dodge it. The telecom company was asked to comment on the letter - and on the specific question of legal action - but decided instead to dodge the issue. Synonyms avoid, evade, shun, get out of, slide out of, back out of, steer clear of, sidestep, circumvent, skirt round, bypass, give something a miss, find a way out of informal duck, wriggle out of, cop out of British informal funk, skive, skive off North American informal cut Australian/New Zealand informal duck-shove archaic decline, bilk 2often as noun dodgingPhotography Expose (one area of a print) less than the rest during processing or enlarging. 〔摄〕（冲洗或放大时）局部遮光 Example sentencesExamples This includes dodging and burning in selected areas within a photograph so long as it does not change the content of the image. This does take time, and if the end result wasn't quite what you wanted, then it was back to the enlarger to burn and dodge again. So if you are using a fluorescent tube source, dodging and burning in the enlarged negative stage may be preferable. The sky was a dull gray color - vastly different than the solid black he created by dodging and burning the final print in the darkroom. Similarly, a print area might require dodging during the initial exposure to keep it from reversing when solarized. 3Bell-ringing no object (of a bell in change-ringing) move one place contrary to the normal sequence, and then back again in the following round. 按变换序列鸣钟 noun dɒdʒdɑdʒ 1A sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something. 闪躲 Example sentencesExamples Swift dodges from all three prevented anything from happening, but it was close. The two swordsmen were behind him and they were starting to get the hang of his dodges. He drew his knife and threw himself into a series of lightning-quick thrusts, parries, lunges, and dodges. After a series of dodges Hikaru started to lose his breath. Startled by his quick dodge, I lost my defensive edge. She rushed in, preparing to make a quick dodge into the kitchen to grab another drink and then get back out, but froze on the spot two steps into the house. The person swung around to avoid dodges and hits from Ewen and Tess. He had excellent ball control, beautiful dodges and his crosses were the most precise and measured. They paused for a moment and began to trade a flurry of blows, parries and dodges in a blur of movement. The boost in graphical detail has also improved their movements, making their dodges, grapples and infiltrations seem much more realistic. As you enter the room, perform a rolling dodge to the left. A quick dodge saved her head from an incoming fist. It's frustrating, especially when your mad dodges and leaps bring you into the path of an enemy you couldn't see. A guard shot at me but with a quick dodge from my new agility I managed to avoid at it. Synonyms dart, bolt, duck, dive, swerve, jump, leap, spring 1.1informal A cunning trick or dishonest act, in particular one intended to avoid something unpleasant. （尤指为逃避令人不快的某物时使用的）伎俩；欺骗行为 the grant system's widespread use as a tax dodge 赠与制度被作为逃税伎俩的广泛使用。 Example sentencesExamples Employers who attempt this dodge could be held liable for back payments of employment taxes, plus penalties and interest. He thinks that being in college is a great dodge to avoid work, so he throws all the tests. The effect has been to encourage the well-off to take out plans for children as a tax dodge. Citing such impersonal forces - such as poverty - is always a dodge for individual responsibility. They present this response as a matter of conviction rather than an artful dodge. The very first chief was initially derided as a fox guarding the henhouse, but he did a sterling job - precisely because he knew all the financial dodges. What he's doing here is a bit of a dodge, and that's only encouraging the press to go after him again. Promoters who mass-market tax dodges now must disclose their deals and customers' names. At the time, asbestos victims and unions warned it was a dodge to try and avoid escalating liabilities. The notion of diversity is simply an ideological dodge to conceal the fact that selection is being reintroduced to favour some at the expense of others. Kelly, I suppose it's a bit of an artful dodge to say get rid of all 527s. The dining area is understated and tasteful, and thanks to a few interior dodges (fake windows and the odd mirror) it avoids inducing claustrophobia. In theory, then, Mr. Secretary, can you address the corporate tax dodge? But such dodges can only hold the press at bay for so long. I mean, that goes in the hall of fame of dodges and fishy explanations. I had just enrolled in graduate school, chiefly as a dodge. Let's bring back ‘education and job training,’ those favored dodges from work responsibilities. If this sounds like a dodge by those afraid of accountability, why the suspicion among successful districts? How dare this President collect taxes from ordinary Americans after touting a company that created 881 offshore dodges to avoid taxes. The bill repeals restrictions on ‘top-heavy’ pension plans set up as tax dodges by employers. Synonyms ruse, ploy, scheme, tactic, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, hoax, wile, cheat, deception, blind, pretext, manoeuvre, device, machination, contrivance, artifice, expedient swindle, fraud, loophole informal scam, con, con trick, set-up, wangle British informal wheeze North American informal bunco, grift Australian informal lurk, rort British informal, dated flanker archaic shift 2Bell-ringing The dodging of a bell in change-ringing. 鸣钟的变序 Origin Mid 16th century (in the senses 'dither' and 'haggle'): of unknown origin. Rhymes bodge, Hodge, lodge, splodge, stodge, wodge Definition of dodge in US English: dodge verbdɑdʒdäj [with object] 1Avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement. 躲开 we ducked inside our doorway to dodge shrapnel that was raining down Example sentencesExamples This time, he wasn't quick enough in dodging any attacks. The children skillfully dodged him as they dashed out the door. As he easily dodged the blow he brought himself behind Michael and grabbed his wrist with both hands. He took a swing at him, but John nimbly dodged the blow. My lips formed a silent O as we dodged what little traffic there was. If he made a sudden move, Ashley reckoned she might dodge him and escape. Pensioners who have to dodge dual-carriage way traffic to catch a bus are dicing with death, a county councillor has claimed. He dodges her as she tries to hit him with the weapon. He attacked right then left, both parried and did a quick back roll to dodged a vertical attack. Mike nimbly dodged these attacks and delivered brutal counters that took out his enemies. Vehicles merely gain speed near a zebra crossing for the fear of catching a signal and the pedestrians are left dodging speeding vehicles to get to the other end of the road. On this day it was a question of dodging the rain that at times hammered down, and then of course out came the Sun, and it was like playing in a sauna. When the news was wafted to his father's factory, all his colleagues dodged him as if they were avoiding a deadly plague. We turned another corner, narrowly dodging another bullet, running down the alleyway. I pushed myself up and dodged a sudden flurry to my right, just in time to avoid someone else's arms. She threw herself to the floor, just barely dodging a bullet that was aimed for her head. I watched the fighter fend off or dodge the attack of every solo fighter. His hand stretched out to pet his cat but she dodged him and jumped over his stomach to purr against my legs. How the trio dodge him, with timely help from the professor and the magical map of the prison castle is the rest of the story, which is filled with surprise twists and turns. I stepped forward, trying to grab his shoulders, but he dodged me once again. Synonyms dart, bolt, duck, dive, swerve, body-swerve, sidestep, veer, lunge, jump, leap, spring elude, evade, avoid, stay away from, steer clear of, escape, run away from, break away from, lose, leave behind, shake, shake off, fend off, keep at arm's length, give someone a wide berth, keep one's distance from 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Move quickly to one side or out of the way. 闪开；迅速让开 Adam dodged between the cars 亚当在汽车间躲来闪去。 Example sentencesExamples She ignored him totally and quickly dodged through the mass swiftly, knowing he couldn't keep up. They went into the forest then, the horse dodged around the trees quickly and jumped over a dead log. Tora quickly dodged out of the way as the creature sailed passed her. A face appeared in the doorway, but they quickly dodged away from the door. I grabbed my stomach and quickly dodged to my right, to avoid his fists yet again. I swung at him but he dodged to one side, so I, without delay, moved behind him. Jonathan easily dodged out of the way, and then rushed at the now defenseless student. She pulled him up onto the seat behind her, swerving down over the main street to dodge through the rest of the traffic. Aaron jumped up and slashed down, forcing the terrorist to dodge to the left. With no warning at all, she charged forward, swiping her sword widely, but Davin quickly dodged to the side. A silver flash flew at him, he dodged to the left just in time. The demons dodged from side to side spectacularly avoiding the bullets as Scarlett knew they would. Before she landed on me however I dodged to the side of the sofa, causing her to land flat on her face. She quickly dodged to the right and stood to put her arm around my shoulder. He quickly dodged out of their way, but four turned and headed after him. I shook my head in dismay and dodged to one side as a BMW 3 series with loud rap music blasting out the open windows tried to turn me into a smear on the cobbled stone road. As he dodged to the side, he had to quickly move again as a tentacle came shooting towards him. Melanie quickly dodged out of the way moving next to Cameron. The people who heard him dodged to the side quickly. He dodged nimbly to the left and we fell on our faces in a puddle of mud. 1.2 Avoid (something) in a cunning or dishonest way. 巧妙地躲避；用欺骗的方式躲避 he went after people who had either dodged the war or invented a record in it Example sentencesExamples The subject has three choices: yes, no, or dodge the question. Only if no attempt is made to collect my fare will I dodge payment. Smith, who massaged facts and refused to face questions, dodged responsibility to the last. He understands how to employ our military more effectively - despite dodging the draft during the Vietnam War. People caught dodging the licence fee, which is £116 a year, can be fined up to £1, 000, plus court costs. He remains in nimble form when it comes to dodging some questions, though. Everybody's got to be somewhere, and there I was in Vancouver at the age of five, dodging the draft into the War in Vietnam. The telecom company was asked to comment on the letter - and on the specific question of legal action - but decided instead to dodge the issue. No respite is given to the women constantly dodging detection and caught up at every turn by gender-specific restrictions. Are you dodging the social life question? From what I understand there are a whole host of possibilities where they could be used to catch people who dodge their road tax or drop litter. A compromise regarding participation in such a war is out of the question; this is why the Greens dodged the issue at their latest conference. Those are charges he says he has no intention of answering in the war crimes court, if he can dodge it. Swindon Council has called in the bailiffs to sort out motorists dodging parking fines. The same question recurs on every trip, and we never dodge it. For a broader understanding of why his army lost the war he ought to poll the many who dodged the draft, not just the few who took the King's shilling. I do not think it is appropriate for a Minister to answer a question in the House in a way that attempts to dodge full responsibility for this appalling breach. His failure to address that question leaves him open to the charge of dodging an important issue. We have asked him direct questions and he never dodges them, although he may well give himself a moment of reflection before he replies. He dodges all sorts of critical questions that the reader wants answered: do extreme conditions really reveal nothing relevant about human motives and choices? Synonyms avoid, evade, shun, get out of, slide out of, back out of, steer clear of, sidestep, circumvent, skirt round, bypass, give something a miss, find a way out of 2often as noun dodgingPhotography Expose (one area of a print) less than the rest during processing or enlarging. 〔摄〕（冲洗或放大时）局部遮光 Example sentencesExamples Similarly, a print area might require dodging during the initial exposure to keep it from reversing when solarized. This does take time, and if the end result wasn't quite what you wanted, then it was back to the enlarger to burn and dodge again. This includes dodging and burning in selected areas within a photograph so long as it does not change the content of the image. So if you are using a fluorescent tube source, dodging and burning in the enlarged negative stage may be preferable. The sky was a dull gray color - vastly different than the solid black he created by dodging and burning the final print in the darkroom. noundɑdʒdäj 1A sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something. 闪躲 Example sentencesExamples The person swung around to avoid dodges and hits from Ewen and Tess. He had excellent ball control, beautiful dodges and his crosses were the most precise and measured. Swift dodges from all three prevented anything from happening, but it was close. It's frustrating, especially when your mad dodges and leaps bring you into the path of an enemy you couldn't see. After a series of dodges Hikaru started to lose his breath. She rushed in, preparing to make a quick dodge into the kitchen to grab another drink and then get back out, but froze on the spot two steps into the house. A guard shot at me but with a quick dodge from my new agility I managed to avoid at it. He drew his knife and threw himself into a series of lightning-quick thrusts, parries, lunges, and dodges. The two swordsmen were behind him and they were starting to get the hang of his dodges. Startled by his quick dodge, I lost my defensive edge. As you enter the room, perform a rolling dodge to the left. The boost in graphical detail has also improved their movements, making their dodges, grapples and infiltrations seem much more realistic. A quick dodge saved her head from an incoming fist. They paused for a moment and began to trade a flurry of blows, parries and dodges in a blur of movement. Synonyms dart, bolt, duck, dive, swerve, jump, leap, spring 1.1 A cunning trick or dishonest act, in particular one intended to avoid something unpleasant. （尤指为逃避令人不快的某物时使用的）伎俩；欺骗行为 bartering can be seen as a tax dodge Example sentencesExamples They present this response as a matter of conviction rather than an artful dodge. How dare this President collect taxes from ordinary Americans after touting a company that created 881 offshore dodges to avoid taxes. Employers who attempt this dodge could be held liable for back payments of employment taxes, plus penalties and interest. I had just enrolled in graduate school, chiefly as a dodge. If this sounds like a dodge by those afraid of accountability, why the suspicion among successful districts? He thinks that being in college is a great dodge to avoid work, so he throws all the tests. Let's bring back ‘education and job training,’ those favored dodges from work responsibilities. The very first chief was initially derided as a fox guarding the henhouse, but he did a sterling job - precisely because he knew all the financial dodges. At the time, asbestos victims and unions warned it was a dodge to try and avoid escalating liabilities. The dining area is understated and tasteful, and thanks to a few interior dodges (fake windows and the odd mirror) it avoids inducing claustrophobia. What he's doing here is a bit of a dodge, and that's only encouraging the press to go after him again. Promoters who mass-market tax dodges now must disclose their deals and customers' names. The notion of diversity is simply an ideological dodge to conceal the fact that selection is being reintroduced to favour some at the expense of others. The bill repeals restrictions on ‘top-heavy’ pension plans set up as tax dodges by employers. But such dodges can only hold the press at bay for so long. The effect has been to encourage the well-off to take out plans for children as a tax dodge. In theory, then, Mr. Secretary, can you address the corporate tax dodge? Citing such impersonal forces - such as poverty - is always a dodge for individual responsibility. I mean, that goes in the hall of fame of dodges and fishy explanations. Kelly, I suppose it's a bit of an artful dodge to say get rid of all 527s. Synonyms ruse, ploy, scheme, tactic, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, hoax, wile, cheat, deception, blind, pretext, manoeuvre, device, machination, contrivance, artifice, expedient Origin Mid 16th century (in the senses ‘dither’ and ‘haggle’): of unknown origin.
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