英语词汇“duck”的意思、释义、用法解释及翻译-春雷网

duck¹

nounPlural ducks dʌkdək

1A waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.
鸭
Family Anatidae (the duck family); domesticated ducks are mainly descended from the mallard or wild duck. The duck family also includes geese and swans, from which ducks are distinguished by their generally smaller size and shorter necks
Example sentencesExamples
- Geese, ducks, sparrows, and hawks are heading south in numbers.
- Wild birds may carry these infections, but they typically prove most harmful to domestic fowl like chickens, ducks, and turkeys.
- International cuisine uses the eggs of other birds, including ducks, geese, sparrows, quails and ostriches, but it is the hen that has been universally domesticated.
- We stood there in awkward silence, shuffling our feet gawkily like ducks do when they are hungry.
- Then Nikolai noticed the heron and the duck waddling up the hill behind Dmitri.
- In this area, ducks, wading birds, and shorebirds are awaiting your visit.
- They watched in silence as a pair of ducks waddled across the lawn and waded into the pond.
- As home, migratory stop and breeding ground, Saskatchewan hosts over 25 percent of the continent's ducks and geese.
- Birds as diverse as parakeet, egrets, ducks, terns, and plovers were plummeting in numbers.
- It's not only humans who appreciate the food at this pink-washed cottage opposite Danbury's duck pond - the ducks waddle over for any leftovers.
- Then, at the next hole, a duck waddled onto the green just as Love was lining up a putt.
- There were turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens and guinea fowl on sale.
- The teals, mallards and other small ducks were all paddling about.
- The duck, whose feet remained free while its feathers stuck to the ice, attracted public sympathy after efforts to free it failed.
- Out of the corner of my eye I saw a small duck waddling toward me.
- Flocks of birds, including large ducks, Egyptian geese and dabchicks, were coated in oil on Wednesday.
- Interesting water birds and several species of ducks and warblers nest there.
- The rear feet of the beaver are large and webbed like a duck's feet, to give the animal good swimming ability.
- Wetlands are a lure for geese, swans, ducks, egrets, storks, herons and the icon of the Camargue, the pink flamingo.
- The Canvasback is a medium-sized duck with an elegant pattern of black, russet, and white.
1. 1.1 A female duck.
  Contrasted with drake
  Example sentencesExamples
  The other day while walking along the footpath opposite the park I noticed seven or eight drakes surrounding a female duck and her ten ducklings.
  The female shows the same silhouette but is a brown duck whose crest is often obscured.
2. 1.2 A duck as food.
  鸭子（作为食品），鸭肉
  mass noun a tangy stew of duck, lamb, and sausage
  Example sentencesExamples
  From there it is into the duck, chicken, pork, beef, vegetables and bean curd, rice and noodles.
  I have the Thai mussels as a starter and they're fabulous - the crispy duck, and deep fried rolls with chilli jam are tasty too.
  Stir in the date syrup with the lemon juice, and cook for another 15-20 minutes, until the duck is tender.
  I'm not trying to suggest that Susie's roast venison or my duck with caramelised apple could be described as a horror show, but neither were they worthy of the setting.
  Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan, then sear the duck skin-side down over gentle heat for five to ten minutes or until the skin is crisp, draining off the fat as it renders.
  The roast duck was good, and so was the grilled lobster, despite a weirdly glowing sidecar of basil mashed potatoes.
  From a nutritional perspective, the duck, cucumber, spring onion and pancakes make a reasonably well-balanced meal.
  A small tear trickled down Lisa's face as I savored my duck.
  Thickly slice the duck and serve it on the parsnip purée, scattered with a little extra thyme.
  Add duck meat and season with salt and white pepper to taste.
  The duck bakes for precisely seven minutes and rests for precisely seven minutes.
  His garlic duck sausage with black mustard is the hot dog of your dreams.
  The duck and chicken I sampled were both flavored with balsamic vinegar, and both were overdone.
  In a heavy, flameproof casserole, cook the sausages and duck in the olive oil until their fat runs and the sausages and duck are golden on all sides.
  Season the cavity of the duck with salt and pepper and truss with kitchen string.
  Like most of the sauces here, the duck's citrus glaze is notably reserved.
  The mail-order range has now been extended to include beef, duck, lamb, chicken, pheasant and goose.
  The bread is perfectly toasted, the duck is perfectly tender, and those waffle chips are scrumptious.
  Cook the duck until tender, then add the potatoes and onion.
  His duck's sweetness is amplified by roasted rhubarb; snapper's nuttiness is made prominent by a ginger-soy nage.
2A pure white thin-shelled bivalve mollusc found off the Atlantic coasts of America.
甲鸣蛤（纯白色双壳类软体动物，产于美国大西洋海岸）
Genus Anatina, family Mactridae
3An amphibious transport vehicle.
visitors can board an amphibious duck to explore the city
Example sentencesExamples
- The ducks are fully restored, U.S. Coast Guard approved vessels.
- The Los Angeles City Council is floating an idea to bring duck boats to the downtown area of the LA River.
- Winston Churchill was given a guided tour of the D-Day beaches in a duck.
- Among the more unusual vehicles contributing to the relief effort a duck boat drafted in to help flooded residents in Windsor today.
- Today, a ride in a duck does not involve battles!
- 30 tourists were today forced to jump off a burning duck boat into the River Thames as it sank.
- Land or sea, this duck does it all.
- The duck boats are still parked in dry dock.
- The duck boats hugged the shore, giving fans an up-close view of the championship trophy and the players.

Phrases

get (or have) one's ducks in a row

informal Get (or have) one's facts straight; get (or have) everything organized.
〈北美〉把情况弄清楚；将一切安排得井井有条
I want to have my ducks in a row before I go in there and confront them
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘January is the time to get your ducks in a row,’ advises Liza Mason, a managing partner for Premier Ventures, which owns and operates four high-volume restaurants in Denver.
- The other board members pay attention if I present my case forcefully, and I can be enough of a pain that they make sure they have their ducks in a row before bringing up any new spending increase.
- If you are trying to get 100 musicians to play your symphony, you had better have your ducks in a row before you walk into the hall with an armload of scores.
- ‘You can't get a public fund-raising campaign going if you don't have your ducks in a row,’ he says.
- The Europe team, on the other hand, got their ducks in a row in no uncertain terms and are standing tall.
- I find it hard to get my ducks in a row at the best of times but today was the first time since about last August that I felt a little in control of life.
- The crew worked together to get our ducks in a row as we headed back to the ship.
- Another factor pushed them to hurry the project: the need to get their ducks in a row before they ran out of time.
- It's naive to think that they'd do anything unless they have their ducks in a row.
- Normally, financing details of a deal of this magnitude take several months, but Blank got his ducks in a row quickly.

like water off a duck's back

Referring to a potentially hurtful remark which has no apparent effect on the person involved.
鸭背上的落水，不起作用（或毫无影响）之事物
it was like water off a duck's back to Nick, but I'm sure it upset Paul
这对于尼克来说如同鸭背上的落水毫无影响，但我肯定这令保罗觉得沮丧。
Example sentencesExamples
- Whenever other people came under fire, they tried to deflect it elsewhere, but it's water off a duck's back.
- It's all water off a duck's back really, but I would like to point out a couple of things.
- They make it seem as if the war slid off Hemingway like water off a duck's back and have asked us to understand that some of his most admired war stories are not really war stories after all.
- Either way, the woman's unfriendly comments are like water off a duck's back to John.
- Today, snobbery about musicals and their hijacking of the worldwide stage is water off a duck's back.
- They shed hardships of camp life like water off a duck's back.
- We are used to getting flak from the public over the vehicles we book, so it is water off a duck's back to us.
- But the criticism rolls off him like water off a duck's back.
- However, if the intention was to shame him then it failed because my friend told me it seemed to run off him like water off a duck's back.
- That's water off a duck's back to a man like Graham, who seven minutes later, saw his side take the lead.

take to something like a duck to water

Take to something very readily.
像鸭子入水般地开始做某事，轻松自如地着手某事
he shows every sign of taking to University politics like a duck to water
无处不显示出他如鱼得水般地喜欢上了大学政治生活。
Example sentencesExamples
- I took to the video recorder like a duck to water.
- Donna has been helping out her older brothers since a very young age so she took to it like a duck to water.
- He took to it like a duck to water and we have been astonished at his fast progress.
- I've said all along that the long rounds will suit me and I took to them like a duck to water.
- She had only been playing for a few months and took to it like a duck to water.
- She not only took to it like a duck to water but she went on to become one of the foremost wine professionals in the country.
- ‘He's only driven a Carrera Cup car once at Snetterton, but he took to it like a duck to water,’ says Mortimer senior.
- Helen took to the dance routine like a duck to water.
- ‘In those days, there were not many girls doing the pole vault but Kim just took to it like a duck to water,’ he says.
- It was difficult for the students, but I took to it like a duck to water.

Origin

Old English duce, from the Germanic base of duck² (expressing the notion of 'diving bird').

The name of the waterfowl, and duck meaning ‘to lower the head and body quickly’ go back to the same ancient root. The earliest sense of the latter was ‘to suddenly go underwater and emerge, to dive’, which connects directly with the behaviour of ducks—a duck is a bird that ‘ducks’ underwater. Stock exchange traders in the mid 18th century originally used the expression lame duck to describe a person or company unable to pay their debts. The idea behind it may be that a lame duck could easily fall victim to a hunter or predator: in the case of a debtor, he would be at the mercy of his creditors. Since the 19th century lame duck has also described a politician or government in their final period of office, after their successor has been elected. In cricket a duck is a batsman's score of nought. This is short for duck's egg, used for the figure 0 because of its similar outline. To break your duck is to score the first run of your innings. See also goose, love

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Rhymes

buck, Canuck, chuck, cluck, cruck, luck, muck, pluck, puck, ruck, schmuck, shuck, struck, stuck, suck, truck, tuck, upchuck, yuck

duck²

verbducks dʌkdək

1no object Lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or missile or so as not to be seen.
（为躲避袭击等）突然低下头，突然弯下身
spectators ducked for cover
观众们低头躲闪。
with object he ducked his head and entered
他低下头走了进来。
Example sentencesExamples
- Avoiding the rain he ducked into a nearby building and fled downstairs to take a covered shortcut to his work area.
- I declined politely and then ducked into the nearest shop just to escape him.
- I ducked into the next room, quickly moving behind the curtain.
- Soaked, I ducked into Rubenstein's Furniture Store to get out of the rain.
- I ducked into the first washroom I came across, locked myself in the first stall and clenched my eyes shut, silent sobs making my chest heave.
- Thinking quickly, I grabbed Jared by the arm and ducked into the nearest classroom.
- Martin followed Rocky out of the classroom, and they ducked into a corner to avoid the mass of students.
- Gusts of wind battered him; he ducked into the office and laid the key on the counter.
- She quickly ducked into a corner as the stone fell loudly down the stair case.
- As they turned around, Cary ducked into a cave to avoid being seen.
- She ducked into the shop and pulled the scarf from her head.
- Droplets of rain had already fallen, and he quickly ducked into his car to avoid being drenched by the rain.
- Lance ducked into the garage holding a small radio in his hand.
- When one followed me near my own block, I ducked into a bodega for a bottle of water.
- Quickly, Nat ducked into his closet, hoping his father might just leave the house soon.
- Clark did his best not to shuffle his feet or duck his head.
- Abbey ducked into the bathroom, and I continued on to our classroom.
- We ducked into one of the food outlets at the top of the mountain and had a drink, waiting for the rain to subside.
- She quickly ducked into an open classroom, trying to get a peek at the kid as he left the school.
- He quickly ducked into the building and ran for the nearest lift.
Synonyms
bob down, bend (down), bow down, stoop (down), crouch (down), squat (down), hunch down, hunker down, sit on one's haunches
cower, cringe, shrink, huddle
North American informal scooch
1. 1.1duck out Depart quickly.
  迅速离去
  I thought I saw you duck out
  我想我看见你溜走的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I ducked out to see if Clooney had signed the autograph or if the guy had disappeared.
  Maeve seemingly needed to use the bathroom, because she ducked out rather quickly.
  We ducked out while they weren't looking and hot-footed it home.
  She looks like she ducked out for a quick hit during the performance.
  He sat up, examined my face, winked, and dressed quickly to duck out of the room for a wash, down the hall.
  He smiled at me quickly before he ducked out of the classroom.
  He thought about ducking out when Barry went to get another round in.
  I got the potato salad all right, and then ducked out the back door and into the dirt parking lot.
  The bell rang and I quickly ducked out of the classroom before Miss Hoover could stop me.
2. 1.2with object Avoid (a blow or missile) by moving quickly.
  避开，躲过（一击）
  he ducked a punch from an angry first baseman
  他躲开了一垒手怒气冲冲的一拳。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He ducked one, two blows, before Yenny caught him on the shoulder.
  My whimpers became wails and I tried to duck his blows.
  Their jobs can be so tough that at times they even have to duck punches from troublesome beachgoers.
  I ducked his punch and pulled his feet from underneath him with my feet.
  He ducks a few blows and hits the other person a few times before the fight is called.
  He ducked a blow from a horseman riding up close to him and then grabbed onto the man's leg.
  He barely ducks the bullets as his eyes widen when they fly towards him.
  A friend at school had his eye shot by another lad ‘over something silly’, and Pierre once had to duck bullets from a sniper outside his home.
  He ducked a decapitating blow and crossed his swords above his head, just in time to block a downward slash.
  She swung at him two more times and he ducked both of those blows as well.
  Then he had to duck a punch that would have detached his jaw.
  They will have expected you to duck this punch and instead you let the blow bounce of your granite chin like an errant moth.
  But he ducked the blow and darted his head back up colliding with Kung's chin.
  Kino smiled, laughed, and ducked the blow like he could read the chief's mind.
  I ducked a blow, then kicked someone else away, looking desperately around for the door again.
  Nick, in a fit of rage and pain took another swing at Will, who merely ducked the blow.
  Cyrus ducked the blow and landed another punch to James' stomach, knocking the wind from him and sending him to the ground again.
  She ducked the wild blow easily, and Jon stepped in, snatching the boy's stick from him and tossing it into the woods.
  The leader ducked the blow and brought the axe around in a sweeping arc straight for Drew's knees.
  He ducked the blow and countered it, his own fist connecting with my jaw and his knee finding its way to my stomach.
3. 1.3informal with object Evade or avoid (an unwelcome duty or undertaking)
  〈非正式〉逃避，躲避，回避（不想承担的责任或任务）
  a responsibility which a less courageous man might well have ducked
  一个勇气稍逊的人很可能会逃避的责任。
  no object I was engaged twice and ducked out both times
  我曾两次订婚，但两次都溜掉了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Sometimes referred to as the ‘master magician’, he was criticised for ducking out of a previous hearing of the committee.
  This low-level approach sought to duck the unwelcome publicity surrounding the sentencing of refuseniks.
  Shunning the media and ducking a direct interaction will only cause more damage to the system, if it has not already, with the athletes flopping badly.
  Thank goodness we've ducked out of the dinner party thing.
  Those who duck this obligation ill-serve the country.
  Whatever else that is, it's hardly ducking responsibility.
  And you can understand why she might want to duck out occasionally; aside from the required smoking and drinking, carrying this one-woman show seems pretty demanding.
  Is the closure of Internet chat rooms more about ducking responsibility than child safety?
  And none of this is meant to suggest that the editorial page editor can use the policy to duck responsibility for inaccuracies on the page.
  In fact I hope I don't end up ducking out of saying a name on the phone, too.
  At 18, she ducked out of the limelight, but after several years in retirement, she picked up her skills again.
  Someone who is ducking responsibility for his own actions is hardly in a strong position to call someone else to account.
  It also ducks out of the more difficult questions of how you define what is right in more ambiguous times.
  I always thought that schools were places where children were taught to use grown-up equipment properly and it seems to be abrogating educational responsibility to duck out of teaching the right way to handle real javelins.
  Only the bravery of Sinitsin saw him through an ordeal which many another boxer would have ducked out of long before the end.
  During the treatment there were times when I wanted to duck out.
  She had to duck out of the new Oliver Stone flick ‘Beyond Borders’ because the role of a wartime social worker, opposite Kevin Costner, would have been a bit of a stretch.
  For the last few years of school life I ducked out of sports altogether by pretending I had singing lessons.
  Yet the necessary reforms to improve productivity have been ducked by government.
  But the principle is the same: we cannot duck our responsibilities by saying that the other party took part freely.
  Synonyms
  shirk, dodge, evade, avoid, steer clear of, run away from, elude, escape, find a way out of, back out of, pull out of, shun, eschew, miss
  sidestep, bypass, skirt round, circumvent, give a wide berth to, find a way round, turn one's back on
  informal cop out of, get out of, wriggle out of, worm one's way out of
  British informal skive, skive off, funk
  North American informal cut
  Australian/New Zealand informal duck-shove
  archaic decline, bilk
2with object Push or plunge (someone) under water, either playfully or as a punishment.
把…按入水中
Rufus grabbed him from behind to duck him under the surface
鲁弗斯从后面抓住了他，将他按到水中。
Example sentencesExamples
- Players, including William, were ducked under the water and roughly tackled by the opposing side.
- Offenders could be ducked in water.
- It is no more a proper trial than ducking witches used to be.
Synonyms
dip, dunk, plunge, immerse, submerge, lower, sink
3Bridge
no object Refrain from playing a winning card on a particular trick for tactical reasons.
〔桥牌〕放掉（指本来能赢得某一牌墩时故意把这个牌墩放掉）
declarer ducked the opening spade lead

nounPlural ducks dʌkdək

A quick lowering of the head.
突然的低头
Example sentencesExamples
- Then a quick duck brought him under the demon's arm.

Phrases

duck and dive

Use one's ingenuity to deal with or evade a situation.
巧妙地应对（或躲避）
she was all for a bit of ducking and diving, that's how everyone lived
Example sentencesExamples
- You see, he may duck and dive, but he cannot escape the fact that the defendants have failed to prove in any shape or form that he acted improperly, or tried to act improperly, in any game.
- Take a bit of a chance here and duck and dive a bit there.
- Mogoba said to make allegations of corruption was not a crime, ‘but to duck and dive is suspicious in the extreme’.
- Asked what Bisho's response was, he said: ‘They duck and dive all the time.’
- He tried to duck and dive the very serious matters that were raised under his rule.
- When I walk down the street I don't have to duck and dive, I can meet these people and talk to them.
- They cannot duck and dive that question any longer.
- It mostly seeks to duck and dive to avoid taking responsibility for the crass way this country is now managed on our behalf.
- There are many who would circumvent the issue, duck and dive rather than handle the hot potato that the case has become during these last ten years.
- Four Belfast friends duck and dive on the fringes of legality in an attempt to make a fast buck and improve their lot.

Derivatives

ducker

noun ˈdʌkəˈdəkər

My character is a bit of a ducker and diver, but he'd never wish to cause any harm.
Example sentencesExamples
- Secondly, he's a ducker and diver: always devising crazed schemes to get enough money for gambling.
- ‘He may well have been a ducker and diver,’ Adams wrote, ‘a loveable rogue or whatever, but to me he was a football man who knew his job in depth.’
- A ducker and diver, Milutinovic has not always been able to ride above the waves.
- Ever since I was a little kid I was an excellent ducker.

Origin

Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch duiken and German tauchen 'dive, dip, plunge', also to duck¹.

duck³

(also ducks)

nounPlural ducks dʌkdək

British informal

Dear; darling (used as an informal or affectionate form of address, especially among cockneys)
〈英〉亲爱的，宝贝儿（用作非正式或亲昵的称呼，通常为伦敦东区人使用）
it's time you changed, my duck
where've yer been, ducks!

Origin

Late 16th century: from duck¹.

duck⁴

nounPlural ducks dʌkdək

mass noun

1A strong linen or cotton fabric, used chiefly for work clothes and sails.
帆布，粗布
cotton duck
Example sentencesExamples
- Some of them are made of cotton duck.
- Then, in 1941, the mill again served by producing cotton duck for tents to shelter our soldiers in World War II.
- Cut the diaper cover pieces from the yellow cotton duck or broadcloth according to the pattern guidesheet.
- If stripes aren't your style, experiment with other casual fabrics, such as cotton duck, denim, and corduroy.
- I am interested in dyeing 35 yards of cotton duck for slipcovers for a sofa.
- Sailcloth is a very strong, heavy canvas or duck made in plain weave.
1. 1.1ducks Trousers made of duck.
  帆布（或粗布）裤子

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Middle Dutch doek 'linen, linen cloth'; related to German Tuch 'cloth'.

duck⁵

nounPlural ducksdʌkdək

Cricket

A batsman's score of nought.
〔板球〕零分
he was out for a duck
因得零分而出局。
Example sentencesExamples
- I remember that Gundappa Viswanath scored a duck and a century on his Test debut - has anyone else done this?
- Stillington made major inroads into Harrogate's batting as they dismissed three home batsmen for ducks.
- Their last five wickets tumbled for 22 in just under eight overs, with the final four batsmen all making ducks.
- As it happened, on the third day no such resurrection occurred and worse, he scored yet another duck.
- Ponting, so impressive in the first innings, went for a five-ball duck.
- But he also made seven ducks in 30 innings, and a couple of chaps called Greenidge and Haynes made getting back into the side virtually impossible.
- Laker's tally of eight ducks inflicted in that famous match against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956 is the record for a single Test.
- They never talk about when I got Len Hutton out for a duck, at Lord's in 1954!
- This soon became 32 for 4 as both Rahul and Jadeja got ducks.
- Brendan Martin, on debut, was snapped up at first slip off Greg Dowell for nine, and Shaun Lynch was bowled by Dowell for a duck.

Phrases

break one's duck

1Score the first run of one's innings.
〔板球〕首次得分
Example sentencesExamples
- He really broke his duck last Sunday, though, a little lucky to survive a run-out chance on his way to 114.
- Heysham finally broke their duck in the top flight of local cricket - with a fairly routine six wicket triumph over fellow strugglers Ibis.
- They can break their duck next Saturday at Clifton Park against lowly Old Crossleyans.
- The bloodlust was almost satisfied as the Tasmanian tried to break his duck with a risky run to cover, where Kevin Pietersen pounced and threw and missed the stumps by the length of a rat's tail.
- In October 2004 they came within one wicket of their inaugural Test victory, against Pakistan at Multan, and earlier this year they finally broke their duck by seeing off their fellow minnows, Zimbabwe, in a two-Test home series.
1. 1.1British Make one's first score or achieve a particular feat for the first time.
  〈英〉首次得分；首次取得成功
  it was not until injury time that the Dark Blues broke their duck
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Rotherham defence was under pressure straight away in the second half and they held out well until Cueto finally found a way through and broke his duck for the season, with van Straaten again on target.
  But we will be looking for Dele to break his duck in tomorrow's game.
  Slipper finally broke their duck in York John Smith's Ladies Darts League division one in a hard battle at Flag.
  Paradise Isle, runner-up in all her three races and narrowly beaten at York on Evening Press Sunday Raceday, seeks to break her duck at Pontefract tomorrow.
  The 3-1 victory at Lancaster City on Tuesday broke their duck in terms of both goals and points this year.
  In the midweek game between Tottenham and Manchester City the young Portuguese front man Postiga finally broke his duck and netted his first goal for the club, he then ran to the stand of Spurs fans and threw his shirt into the crowd.
  Ashton broke his duck against Boro and will be looking for Huckerby to use his pace to provide him with a scoring opportunity to demonstrate why Worthington paid £3 million for his services.
  It was rare, the captain pointed out, for novice sailors to break their duck with a Channel crossing.
  Skipton finally broke their duck after 48 minutes when Mark Davison burst free and fed winger Matthew Wilson, who scored an unconverted try.
  On the other flank, former Halifax winger Oli Marns broke his duck in his seventh game and went on to claim a hat-trick.

Origin

Mid 19th century: short for duck's egg, used for the figure 0 because of its similar outline.

duck¹

noundəkdək

1A waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait.
鸭
Family Anatidae (the duck family); domesticated ducks are mainly descended from the mallard. The duck family also includes geese and swans, from which ducks are distinguished by their generally smaller size and shorter necks
Example sentencesExamples
- In this area, ducks, wading birds, and shorebirds are awaiting your visit.
- There were turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens and guinea fowl on sale.
- Geese, ducks, sparrows, and hawks are heading south in numbers.
- It's not only humans who appreciate the food at this pink-washed cottage opposite Danbury's duck pond - the ducks waddle over for any leftovers.
- As home, migratory stop and breeding ground, Saskatchewan hosts over 25 percent of the continent's ducks and geese.
- We stood there in awkward silence, shuffling our feet gawkily like ducks do when they are hungry.
- Interesting water birds and several species of ducks and warblers nest there.
- Then, at the next hole, a duck waddled onto the green just as Love was lining up a putt.
- Out of the corner of my eye I saw a small duck waddling toward me.
- Wetlands are a lure for geese, swans, ducks, egrets, storks, herons and the icon of the Camargue, the pink flamingo.
- The teals, mallards and other small ducks were all paddling about.
- They watched in silence as a pair of ducks waddled across the lawn and waded into the pond.
- Birds as diverse as parakeet, egrets, ducks, terns, and plovers were plummeting in numbers.
- The duck, whose feet remained free while its feathers stuck to the ice, attracted public sympathy after efforts to free it failed.
- Then Nikolai noticed the heron and the duck waddling up the hill behind Dmitri.
- The rear feet of the beaver are large and webbed like a duck's feet, to give the animal good swimming ability.
- The Canvasback is a medium-sized duck with an elegant pattern of black, russet, and white.
- Flocks of birds, including large ducks, Egyptian geese and dabchicks, were coated in oil on Wednesday.
- Wild birds may carry these infections, but they typically prove most harmful to domestic fowl like chickens, ducks, and turkeys.
- International cuisine uses the eggs of other birds, including ducks, geese, sparrows, quails and ostriches, but it is the hen that has been universally domesticated.
1. 1.1 A duck as food.
  鸭子（作为食品），鸭肉
  a duck for tomorrow's dinner
  为明天宴会准备的一只鸭子。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In a heavy, flameproof casserole, cook the sausages and duck in the olive oil until their fat runs and the sausages and duck are golden on all sides.
  The duck bakes for precisely seven minutes and rests for precisely seven minutes.
  Stir in the date syrup with the lemon juice, and cook for another 15-20 minutes, until the duck is tender.
  Add duck meat and season with salt and white pepper to taste.
  From a nutritional perspective, the duck, cucumber, spring onion and pancakes make a reasonably well-balanced meal.
  The roast duck was good, and so was the grilled lobster, despite a weirdly glowing sidecar of basil mashed potatoes.
  Like most of the sauces here, the duck's citrus glaze is notably reserved.
  The duck and chicken I sampled were both flavored with balsamic vinegar, and both were overdone.
  From there it is into the duck, chicken, pork, beef, vegetables and bean curd, rice and noodles.
  His garlic duck sausage with black mustard is the hot dog of your dreams.
  Thickly slice the duck and serve it on the parsnip purée, scattered with a little extra thyme.
  The bread is perfectly toasted, the duck is perfectly tender, and those waffle chips are scrumptious.
  I'm not trying to suggest that Susie's roast venison or my duck with caramelised apple could be described as a horror show, but neither were they worthy of the setting.
  I have the Thai mussels as a starter and they're fabulous - the crispy duck, and deep fried rolls with chilli jam are tasty too.
  A small tear trickled down Lisa's face as I savored my duck.
  Season the cavity of the duck with salt and pepper and truss with kitchen string.
  Cook the duck until tender, then add the potatoes and onion.
  His duck's sweetness is amplified by roasted rhubarb; snapper's nuttiness is made prominent by a ginger-soy nage.
  The mail-order range has now been extended to include beef, duck, lamb, chicken, pheasant and goose.
  Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan, then sear the duck skin-side down over gentle heat for five to ten minutes or until the skin is crisp, draining off the fat as it renders.
2A pure white thin-shelled bivalve mollusk found off the Atlantic coasts of America.
甲鸣蛤（纯白色双壳类软体动物，产于美国大西洋海岸）
Genus Anatina, family Mactridae
3An amphibious transport vehicle.
Example sentencesExamples
- 30 tourists were today forced to jump off a burning duck boat into the River Thames as it sank.
- Land or sea, this duck does it all.
- The Los Angeles City Council is floating an idea to bring duck boats to the downtown area of the LA River.
- Among the more unusual vehicles contributing to the relief effort a duck boat drafted in to help flooded residents in Windsor today.
- Winston Churchill was given a guided tour of the D-Day beaches in a duck.
- The ducks are fully restored, U.S. Coast Guard approved vessels.
- The duck boats hugged the shore, giving fans an up-close view of the championship trophy and the players.
- The duck boats are still parked in dry dock.
- Today, a ride in a duck does not involve battles!

Phrases

get (or have) one's ducks in a row

informal Get (or have) one's facts straight; get (or have) everything organized.
〈北美〉把情况弄清楚；将一切安排得井井有条
Example sentencesExamples
- Another factor pushed them to hurry the project: the need to get their ducks in a row before they ran out of time.
- Normally, financing details of a deal of this magnitude take several months, but Blank got his ducks in a row quickly.
- The crew worked together to get our ducks in a row as we headed back to the ship.
- ‘You can't get a public fund-raising campaign going if you don't have your ducks in a row,’ he says.
- ‘January is the time to get your ducks in a row,’ advises Liza Mason, a managing partner for Premier Ventures, which owns and operates four high-volume restaurants in Denver.
- If you are trying to get 100 musicians to play your symphony, you had better have your ducks in a row before you walk into the hall with an armload of scores.
- It's naive to think that they'd do anything unless they have their ducks in a row.
- The Europe team, on the other hand, got their ducks in a row in no uncertain terms and are standing tall.
- I find it hard to get my ducks in a row at the best of times but today was the first time since about last August that I felt a little in control of life.
- The other board members pay attention if I present my case forcefully, and I can be enough of a pain that they make sure they have their ducks in a row before bringing up any new spending increase.

take to something like a duck to water

Take to something very readily.
像鸭子入水般地开始做某事，轻松自如地着手某事
he shows every sign of taking to University politics like a duck to water
无处不显示出他如鱼得水般地喜欢上了大学政治生活。
Example sentencesExamples
- I took to the video recorder like a duck to water.
- ‘In those days, there were not many girls doing the pole vault but Kim just took to it like a duck to water,’ he says.
- He took to it like a duck to water and we have been astonished at his fast progress.
- It was difficult for the students, but I took to it like a duck to water.
- She not only took to it like a duck to water but she went on to become one of the foremost wine professionals in the country.
- Donna has been helping out her older brothers since a very young age so she took to it like a duck to water.
- She had only been playing for a few months and took to it like a duck to water.
- I've said all along that the long rounds will suit me and I took to them like a duck to water.
- ‘He's only driven a Carrera Cup car once at Snetterton, but he took to it like a duck to water,’ says Mortimer senior.
- Helen took to the dance routine like a duck to water.

water off a duck's back

A potentially hurtful or harmful remark or incident that has no apparent effect on the person mentioned.
鸭背上的落水，不起作用（或毫无影响）之事物
it was like water off a duck's back to Nick, but I'm sure it upset Paul
这对于尼克来说如同鸭背上的落水毫无影响，但我肯定这令保罗觉得沮丧。
Example sentencesExamples
- That's water off a duck's back to a man like Graham, who seven minutes later, saw his side take the lead.
- Today, snobbery about musicals and their hijacking of the worldwide stage is water off a duck's back.
- However, if the intention was to shame him then it failed because my friend told me it seemed to run off him like water off a duck's back.
- Whenever other people came under fire, they tried to deflect it elsewhere, but it's water off a duck's back.
- They shed hardships of camp life like water off a duck's back.
- Either way, the woman's unfriendly comments are like water off a duck's back to John.
- But the criticism rolls off him like water off a duck's back.
- It's all water off a duck's back really, but I would like to point out a couple of things.
- We are used to getting flak from the public over the vehicles we book, so it is water off a duck's back to us.
- They make it seem as if the war slid off Hemingway like water off a duck's back and have asked us to understand that some of his most admired war stories are not really war stories after all.

Origin

Old English duce, from the Germanic base of duck (expressing the notion of ‘diving bird’).

duck²

verbdəkdək

1no object Lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or so as not to be seen.
（为躲避袭击等）突然低下头，突然弯下身
spectators ducked for cover
观众们低头躲闪。
with object he ducked his head and entered
他低下头走了进来。
she ducked into the doorway to get out of the line of fire
她弓身钻进门道，以避开发射线。
Example sentencesExamples
- Gusts of wind battered him; he ducked into the office and laid the key on the counter.
- Thinking quickly, I grabbed Jared by the arm and ducked into the nearest classroom.
- Clark did his best not to shuffle his feet or duck his head.
- She ducked into the shop and pulled the scarf from her head.
- Quickly, Nat ducked into his closet, hoping his father might just leave the house soon.
- Droplets of rain had already fallen, and he quickly ducked into his car to avoid being drenched by the rain.
- As they turned around, Cary ducked into a cave to avoid being seen.
- I ducked into the next room, quickly moving behind the curtain.
- Avoiding the rain he ducked into a nearby building and fled downstairs to take a covered shortcut to his work area.
- Martin followed Rocky out of the classroom, and they ducked into a corner to avoid the mass of students.
- Lance ducked into the garage holding a small radio in his hand.
- Soaked, I ducked into Rubenstein's Furniture Store to get out of the rain.
- Abbey ducked into the bathroom, and I continued on to our classroom.
- He quickly ducked into the building and ran for the nearest lift.
- I declined politely and then ducked into the nearest shop just to escape him.
- I ducked into the first washroom I came across, locked myself in the first stall and clenched my eyes shut, silent sobs making my chest heave.
- When one followed me near my own block, I ducked into a bodega for a bottle of water.
- She quickly ducked into an open classroom, trying to get a peek at the kid as he left the school.
- She quickly ducked into a corner as the stone fell loudly down the stair case.
- We ducked into one of the food outlets at the top of the mountain and had a drink, waiting for the rain to subside.
Synonyms
bob down, bend, bend down, bow down, stoop, stoop down, crouch, crouch down, squat, squat down, hunch down, hunker down, sit on one's haunches
1. 1.1duck out Depart quickly.
  迅速离去
  I thought I saw you duck out
  我想我看见你溜走的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She looks like she ducked out for a quick hit during the performance.
  I ducked out to see if Clooney had signed the autograph or if the guy had disappeared.
  We ducked out while they weren't looking and hot-footed it home.
  He smiled at me quickly before he ducked out of the classroom.
  Maeve seemingly needed to use the bathroom, because she ducked out rather quickly.
  He thought about ducking out when Barry went to get another round in.
  The bell rang and I quickly ducked out of the classroom before Miss Hoover could stop me.
  He sat up, examined my face, winked, and dressed quickly to duck out of the room for a wash, down the hall.
  I got the potato salad all right, and then ducked out the back door and into the dirt parking lot.
2. 1.2with object Avoid (a blow) by moving down quickly.
  避开，躲过（一击）
  he ducked a punch from an angry first baseman
  他躲开了一垒手怒气冲冲的一拳。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Cyrus ducked the blow and landed another punch to James' stomach, knocking the wind from him and sending him to the ground again.
  She ducked the wild blow easily, and Jon stepped in, snatching the boy's stick from him and tossing it into the woods.
  He barely ducks the bullets as his eyes widen when they fly towards him.
  He ducked one, two blows, before Yenny caught him on the shoulder.
  He ducked a blow from a horseman riding up close to him and then grabbed onto the man's leg.
  Kino smiled, laughed, and ducked the blow like he could read the chief's mind.
  The leader ducked the blow and brought the axe around in a sweeping arc straight for Drew's knees.
  I ducked his punch and pulled his feet from underneath him with my feet.
  My whimpers became wails and I tried to duck his blows.
  He ducked a decapitating blow and crossed his swords above his head, just in time to block a downward slash.
  He ducked the blow and countered it, his own fist connecting with my jaw and his knee finding its way to my stomach.
  Then he had to duck a punch that would have detached his jaw.
  Nick, in a fit of rage and pain took another swing at Will, who merely ducked the blow.
  He ducks a few blows and hits the other person a few times before the fight is called.
  But he ducked the blow and darted his head back up colliding with Kung's chin.
  She swung at him two more times and he ducked both of those blows as well.
  A friend at school had his eye shot by another lad ‘over something silly’, and Pierre once had to duck bullets from a sniper outside his home.
  Their jobs can be so tough that at times they even have to duck punches from troublesome beachgoers.
  They will have expected you to duck this punch and instead you let the blow bounce of your granite chin like an errant moth.
  I ducked a blow, then kicked someone else away, looking desperately around for the door again.
3. 1.3informal with object Evade or avoid (an unwelcome duty or undertaking)
  〈非正式〉逃避，躲避，回避（不想承担的责任或任务）
  a responsibility that a less courageous man might well have ducked
  一个勇气稍逊的人很可能会逃避的责任。
  no object I was engaged twice and ducked out both times
  我曾两次订婚，但两次都溜掉了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Thank goodness we've ducked out of the dinner party thing.
  Whatever else that is, it's hardly ducking responsibility.
  But the principle is the same: we cannot duck our responsibilities by saying that the other party took part freely.
  Only the bravery of Sinitsin saw him through an ordeal which many another boxer would have ducked out of long before the end.
  During the treatment there were times when I wanted to duck out.
  And you can understand why she might want to duck out occasionally; aside from the required smoking and drinking, carrying this one-woman show seems pretty demanding.
  I always thought that schools were places where children were taught to use grown-up equipment properly and it seems to be abrogating educational responsibility to duck out of teaching the right way to handle real javelins.
  She had to duck out of the new Oliver Stone flick ‘Beyond Borders’ because the role of a wartime social worker, opposite Kevin Costner, would have been a bit of a stretch.
  Is the closure of Internet chat rooms more about ducking responsibility than child safety?
  It also ducks out of the more difficult questions of how you define what is right in more ambiguous times.
  This low-level approach sought to duck the unwelcome publicity surrounding the sentencing of refuseniks.
  Yet the necessary reforms to improve productivity have been ducked by government.
  At 18, she ducked out of the limelight, but after several years in retirement, she picked up her skills again.
  Sometimes referred to as the ‘master magician’, he was criticised for ducking out of a previous hearing of the committee.
  Those who duck this obligation ill-serve the country.
  And none of this is meant to suggest that the editorial page editor can use the policy to duck responsibility for inaccuracies on the page.
  Shunning the media and ducking a direct interaction will only cause more damage to the system, if it has not already, with the athletes flopping badly.
  Someone who is ducking responsibility for his own actions is hardly in a strong position to call someone else to account.
  For the last few years of school life I ducked out of sports altogether by pretending I had singing lessons.
  In fact I hope I don't end up ducking out of saying a name on the phone, too.
  Synonyms
  shirk, dodge, evade, avoid, steer clear of, run away from, elude, escape, find a way out of, back out of, pull out of, shun, eschew, miss
2with object Plunge one's head or body underwater briefly.
I had to keep ducking down to get my head cool
Example sentencesExamples
- It is no more a proper trial than ducking witches used to be.
- Players, including William, were ducked under the water and roughly tackled by the opposing side.
- Offenders could be ducked in water.
Synonyms
dip, dunk, plunge, immerse, submerge, lower, sink
3Bridge
Refrain from playing a winning card on a particular trick for tactical reasons.
〔桥牌〕放掉（指本来能赢得某一牌墩时故意把这个牌墩放掉）

noundəkdək

A quick lowering of the head.
突然的低头
Example sentencesExamples
- Then a quick duck brought him under the demon's arm.

Origin

Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch duiken and German tauchen ‘dive, dip, plunge’, also to duck.

duck³

(also ducks)

noundəkdək

British informal

Dear; darling (used as an informal or affectionate form of address, especially among cockneys)
〈英〉亲爱的，宝贝儿（用作非正式或亲昵的称呼，通常为伦敦东区人使用）
it's time you changed, my duck
where've yer been, ducks!

Origin

Late 16th century: from duck.

duck⁴

noundəkdək

1A strong linen or cotton fabric, used chiefly for casual or work clothes and sails.
帆布，粗布
cotton duck
Example sentencesExamples
- Then, in 1941, the mill again served by producing cotton duck for tents to shelter our soldiers in World War II.
- If stripes aren't your style, experiment with other casual fabrics, such as cotton duck, denim, and corduroy.
- Some of them are made of cotton duck.
- I am interested in dyeing 35 yards of cotton duck for slipcovers for a sofa.
- Cut the diaper cover pieces from the yellow cotton duck or broadcloth according to the pattern guidesheet.
- Sailcloth is a very strong, heavy canvas or duck made in plain weave.
1. 1.1ducks Pants made of duck fabric.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Middle Dutch doek ‘linen, linen cloth’; related to German Tuch ‘cloth’.

duck⁵

noundəkdək

Cricket

A batsman's score of zero.
〔板球〕零分
out for a duck
因得零分而出局。
Example sentencesExamples
- Laker's tally of eight ducks inflicted in that famous match against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956 is the record for a single Test.
- Ponting, so impressive in the first innings, went for a five-ball duck.
- Brendan Martin, on debut, was snapped up at first slip off Greg Dowell for nine, and Shaun Lynch was bowled by Dowell for a duck.
- They never talk about when I got Len Hutton out for a duck, at Lord's in 1954!
- I remember that Gundappa Viswanath scored a duck and a century on his Test debut - has anyone else done this?
- But he also made seven ducks in 30 innings, and a couple of chaps called Greenidge and Haynes made getting back into the side virtually impossible.
- As it happened, on the third day no such resurrection occurred and worse, he scored yet another duck.
- This soon became 32 for 4 as both Rahul and Jadeja got ducks.
- Stillington made major inroads into Harrogate's batting as they dismissed three home batsmen for ducks.
- Their last five wickets tumbled for 22 in just under eight overs, with the final four batsmen all making ducks.

Origin

Mid 19th century: short for duck's egg, used for the figure 0 because of its similar outline.

词汇	duck
释义	duck¹ nounPlural ducks dʌkdək 1A waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait. 鸭 Family Anatidae (the duck family); domesticated ducks are mainly descended from the mallard or wild duck. The duck family also includes geese and swans, from which ducks are distinguished by their generally smaller size and shorter necks Example sentencesExamples Geese, ducks, sparrows, and hawks are heading south in numbers. Wild birds may carry these infections, but they typically prove most harmful to domestic fowl like chickens, ducks, and turkeys. International cuisine uses the eggs of other birds, including ducks, geese, sparrows, quails and ostriches, but it is the hen that has been universally domesticated. We stood there in awkward silence, shuffling our feet gawkily like ducks do when they are hungry. Then Nikolai noticed the heron and the duck waddling up the hill behind Dmitri. In this area, ducks, wading birds, and shorebirds are awaiting your visit. They watched in silence as a pair of ducks waddled across the lawn and waded into the pond. As home, migratory stop and breeding ground, Saskatchewan hosts over 25 percent of the continent's ducks and geese. Birds as diverse as parakeet, egrets, ducks, terns, and plovers were plummeting in numbers. It's not only humans who appreciate the food at this pink-washed cottage opposite Danbury's duck pond - the ducks waddle over for any leftovers. Then, at the next hole, a duck waddled onto the green just as Love was lining up a putt. There were turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens and guinea fowl on sale. The teals, mallards and other small ducks were all paddling about. The duck, whose feet remained free while its feathers stuck to the ice, attracted public sympathy after efforts to free it failed. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a small duck waddling toward me. Flocks of birds, including large ducks, Egyptian geese and dabchicks, were coated in oil on Wednesday. Interesting water birds and several species of ducks and warblers nest there. The rear feet of the beaver are large and webbed like a duck's feet, to give the animal good swimming ability. Wetlands are a lure for geese, swans, ducks, egrets, storks, herons and the icon of the Camargue, the pink flamingo. The Canvasback is a medium-sized duck with an elegant pattern of black, russet, and white. 1.1 A female duck. Contrasted with drake Example sentencesExamples The other day while walking along the footpath opposite the park I noticed seven or eight drakes surrounding a female duck and her ten ducklings. The female shows the same silhouette but is a brown duck whose crest is often obscured. 1.2 A duck as food. 鸭子（作为食品），鸭肉 mass noun a tangy stew of duck, lamb, and sausage Example sentencesExamples From there it is into the duck, chicken, pork, beef, vegetables and bean curd, rice and noodles. I have the Thai mussels as a starter and they're fabulous - the crispy duck, and deep fried rolls with chilli jam are tasty too. Stir in the date syrup with the lemon juice, and cook for another 15-20 minutes, until the duck is tender. I'm not trying to suggest that Susie's roast venison or my duck with caramelised apple could be described as a horror show, but neither were they worthy of the setting. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan, then sear the duck skin-side down over gentle heat for five to ten minutes or until the skin is crisp, draining off the fat as it renders. The roast duck was good, and so was the grilled lobster, despite a weirdly glowing sidecar of basil mashed potatoes. From a nutritional perspective, the duck, cucumber, spring onion and pancakes make a reasonably well-balanced meal. A small tear trickled down Lisa's face as I savored my duck. Thickly slice the duck and serve it on the parsnip purée, scattered with a little extra thyme. Add duck meat and season with salt and white pepper to taste. The duck bakes for precisely seven minutes and rests for precisely seven minutes. His garlic duck sausage with black mustard is the hot dog of your dreams. The duck and chicken I sampled were both flavored with balsamic vinegar, and both were overdone. In a heavy, flameproof casserole, cook the sausages and duck in the olive oil until their fat runs and the sausages and duck are golden on all sides. Season the cavity of the duck with salt and pepper and truss with kitchen string. Like most of the sauces here, the duck's citrus glaze is notably reserved. The mail-order range has now been extended to include beef, duck, lamb, chicken, pheasant and goose. The bread is perfectly toasted, the duck is perfectly tender, and those waffle chips are scrumptious. Cook the duck until tender, then add the potatoes and onion. His duck's sweetness is amplified by roasted rhubarb; snapper's nuttiness is made prominent by a ginger-soy nage. 2A pure white thin-shelled bivalve mollusc found off the Atlantic coasts of America. 甲鸣蛤（纯白色双壳类软体动物，产于美国大西洋海岸） Genus Anatina, family Mactridae 3An amphibious transport vehicle. visitors can board an amphibious duck to explore the city Example sentencesExamples The ducks are fully restored, U.S. Coast Guard approved vessels. The Los Angeles City Council is floating an idea to bring duck boats to the downtown area of the LA River. Winston Churchill was given a guided tour of the D-Day beaches in a duck. Among the more unusual vehicles contributing to the relief effort a duck boat drafted in to help flooded residents in Windsor today. Today, a ride in a duck does not involve battles! 30 tourists were today forced to jump off a burning duck boat into the River Thames as it sank. Land or sea, this duck does it all. The duck boats are still parked in dry dock. The duck boats hugged the shore, giving fans an up-close view of the championship trophy and the players. Phrases get (or have) one's ducks in a row informal Get (or have) one's facts straight; get (or have) everything organized. 〈北美〉把情况弄清楚；将一切安排得井井有条 I want to have my ducks in a row before I go in there and confront them Example sentencesExamples ‘January is the time to get your ducks in a row,’ advises Liza Mason, a managing partner for Premier Ventures, which owns and operates four high-volume restaurants in Denver. The other board members pay attention if I present my case forcefully, and I can be enough of a pain that they make sure they have their ducks in a row before bringing up any new spending increase. If you are trying to get 100 musicians to play your symphony, you had better have your ducks in a row before you walk into the hall with an armload of scores. ‘You can't get a public fund-raising campaign going if you don't have your ducks in a row,’ he says. The Europe team, on the other hand, got their ducks in a row in no uncertain terms and are standing tall. I find it hard to get my ducks in a row at the best of times but today was the first time since about last August that I felt a little in control of life. The crew worked together to get our ducks in a row as we headed back to the ship. Another factor pushed them to hurry the project: the need to get their ducks in a row before they ran out of time. It's naive to think that they'd do anything unless they have their ducks in a row. Normally, financing details of a deal of this magnitude take several months, but Blank got his ducks in a row quickly. like water off a duck's back Referring to a potentially hurtful remark which has no apparent effect on the person involved. 鸭背上的落水，不起作用（或毫无影响）之事物 it was like water off a duck's back to Nick, but I'm sure it upset Paul 这对于尼克来说如同鸭背上的落水毫无影响，但我肯定这令保罗觉得沮丧。 Example sentencesExamples Whenever other people came under fire, they tried to deflect it elsewhere, but it's water off a duck's back. It's all water off a duck's back really, but I would like to point out a couple of things. They make it seem as if the war slid off Hemingway like water off a duck's back and have asked us to understand that some of his most admired war stories are not really war stories after all. Either way, the woman's unfriendly comments are like water off a duck's back to John. Today, snobbery about musicals and their hijacking of the worldwide stage is water off a duck's back. They shed hardships of camp life like water off a duck's back. We are used to getting flak from the public over the vehicles we book, so it is water off a duck's back to us. But the criticism rolls off him like water off a duck's back. However, if the intention was to shame him then it failed because my friend told me it seemed to run off him like water off a duck's back. That's water off a duck's back to a man like Graham, who seven minutes later, saw his side take the lead. take to something like a duck to water Take to something very readily. 像鸭子入水般地开始做某事，轻松自如地着手某事 he shows every sign of taking to University politics like a duck to water 无处不显示出他如鱼得水般地喜欢上了大学政治生活。 Example sentencesExamples I took to the video recorder like a duck to water. Donna has been helping out her older brothers since a very young age so she took to it like a duck to water. He took to it like a duck to water and we have been astonished at his fast progress. I've said all along that the long rounds will suit me and I took to them like a duck to water. She had only been playing for a few months and took to it like a duck to water. She not only took to it like a duck to water but she went on to become one of the foremost wine professionals in the country. ‘He's only driven a Carrera Cup car once at Snetterton, but he took to it like a duck to water,’ says Mortimer senior. Helen took to the dance routine like a duck to water. ‘In those days, there were not many girls doing the pole vault but Kim just took to it like a duck to water,’ he says. It was difficult for the students, but I took to it like a duck to water. Origin Old English duce, from the Germanic base of duck² (expressing the notion of 'diving bird'). The name of the waterfowl, and duck meaning ‘to lower the head and body quickly’ go back to the same ancient root. The earliest sense of the latter was ‘to suddenly go underwater and emerge, to dive’, which connects directly with the behaviour of ducks—a duck is a bird that ‘ducks’ underwater. Stock exchange traders in the mid 18th century originally used the expression lame duck to describe a person or company unable to pay their debts. The idea behind it may be that a lame duck could easily fall victim to a hunter or predator: in the case of a debtor, he would be at the mercy of his creditors. Since the 19th century lame duck has also described a politician or government in their final period of office, after their successor has been elected. In cricket a duck is a batsman's score of nought. This is short for duck's egg, used for the figure 0 because of its similar outline. To break your duck is to score the first run of your innings. See also goose, love Video Rhymes buck, Canuck, chuck, cluck, cruck, luck, muck, pluck, puck, ruck, schmuck, shuck, struck, stuck, suck, truck, tuck, upchuck, yuck duck² verbducks dʌkdək 1no object Lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or missile or so as not to be seen. （为躲避袭击等）突然低下头，突然弯下身 spectators ducked for cover 观众们低头躲闪。 with object he ducked his head and entered 他低下头走了进来。 Example sentencesExamples Avoiding the rain he ducked into a nearby building and fled downstairs to take a covered shortcut to his work area. I declined politely and then ducked into the nearest shop just to escape him. I ducked into the next room, quickly moving behind the curtain. Soaked, I ducked into Rubenstein's Furniture Store to get out of the rain. I ducked into the first washroom I came across, locked myself in the first stall and clenched my eyes shut, silent sobs making my chest heave. Thinking quickly, I grabbed Jared by the arm and ducked into the nearest classroom. Martin followed Rocky out of the classroom, and they ducked into a corner to avoid the mass of students. Gusts of wind battered him; he ducked into the office and laid the key on the counter. She quickly ducked into a corner as the stone fell loudly down the stair case. As they turned around, Cary ducked into a cave to avoid being seen. She ducked into the shop and pulled the scarf from her head. Droplets of rain had already fallen, and he quickly ducked into his car to avoid being drenched by the rain. Lance ducked into the garage holding a small radio in his hand. When one followed me near my own block, I ducked into a bodega for a bottle of water. Quickly, Nat ducked into his closet, hoping his father might just leave the house soon. Clark did his best not to shuffle his feet or duck his head. Abbey ducked into the bathroom, and I continued on to our classroom. We ducked into one of the food outlets at the top of the mountain and had a drink, waiting for the rain to subside. She quickly ducked into an open classroom, trying to get a peek at the kid as he left the school. He quickly ducked into the building and ran for the nearest lift. Synonyms bob down, bend (down), bow down, stoop (down), crouch (down), squat (down), hunch down, hunker down, sit on one's haunches cower, cringe, shrink, huddle North American informal scooch 1.1duck out Depart quickly. 迅速离去 I thought I saw you duck out 我想我看见你溜走的。 Example sentencesExamples I ducked out to see if Clooney had signed the autograph or if the guy had disappeared. Maeve seemingly needed to use the bathroom, because she ducked out rather quickly. We ducked out while they weren't looking and hot-footed it home. She looks like she ducked out for a quick hit during the performance. He sat up, examined my face, winked, and dressed quickly to duck out of the room for a wash, down the hall. He smiled at me quickly before he ducked out of the classroom. He thought about ducking out when Barry went to get another round in. I got the potato salad all right, and then ducked out the back door and into the dirt parking lot. The bell rang and I quickly ducked out of the classroom before Miss Hoover could stop me. 1.2with object Avoid (a blow or missile) by moving quickly. 避开，躲过（一击） he ducked a punch from an angry first baseman 他躲开了一垒手怒气冲冲的一拳。 Example sentencesExamples He ducked one, two blows, before Yenny caught him on the shoulder. My whimpers became wails and I tried to duck his blows. Their jobs can be so tough that at times they even have to duck punches from troublesome beachgoers. I ducked his punch and pulled his feet from underneath him with my feet. He ducks a few blows and hits the other person a few times before the fight is called. He ducked a blow from a horseman riding up close to him and then grabbed onto the man's leg. He barely ducks the bullets as his eyes widen when they fly towards him. A friend at school had his eye shot by another lad ‘over something silly’, and Pierre once had to duck bullets from a sniper outside his home. He ducked a decapitating blow and crossed his swords above his head, just in time to block a downward slash. She swung at him two more times and he ducked both of those blows as well. Then he had to duck a punch that would have detached his jaw. They will have expected you to duck this punch and instead you let the blow bounce of your granite chin like an errant moth. But he ducked the blow and darted his head back up colliding with Kung's chin. Kino smiled, laughed, and ducked the blow like he could read the chief's mind. I ducked a blow, then kicked someone else away, looking desperately around for the door again. Nick, in a fit of rage and pain took another swing at Will, who merely ducked the blow. Cyrus ducked the blow and landed another punch to James' stomach, knocking the wind from him and sending him to the ground again. She ducked the wild blow easily, and Jon stepped in, snatching the boy's stick from him and tossing it into the woods. The leader ducked the blow and brought the axe around in a sweeping arc straight for Drew's knees. He ducked the blow and countered it, his own fist connecting with my jaw and his knee finding its way to my stomach. 1.3informal with object Evade or avoid (an unwelcome duty or undertaking) 〈非正式〉逃避，躲避，回避（不想承担的责任或任务） a responsibility which a less courageous man might well have ducked 一个勇气稍逊的人很可能会逃避的责任。 no object I was engaged twice and ducked out both times 我曾两次订婚，但两次都溜掉了。 Example sentencesExamples Sometimes referred to as the ‘master magician’, he was criticised for ducking out of a previous hearing of the committee. This low-level approach sought to duck the unwelcome publicity surrounding the sentencing of refuseniks. Shunning the media and ducking a direct interaction will only cause more damage to the system, if it has not already, with the athletes flopping badly. Thank goodness we've ducked out of the dinner party thing. Those who duck this obligation ill-serve the country. Whatever else that is, it's hardly ducking responsibility. And you can understand why she might want to duck out occasionally; aside from the required smoking and drinking, carrying this one-woman show seems pretty demanding. Is the closure of Internet chat rooms more about ducking responsibility than child safety? And none of this is meant to suggest that the editorial page editor can use the policy to duck responsibility for inaccuracies on the page. In fact I hope I don't end up ducking out of saying a name on the phone, too. At 18, she ducked out of the limelight, but after several years in retirement, she picked up her skills again. Someone who is ducking responsibility for his own actions is hardly in a strong position to call someone else to account. It also ducks out of the more difficult questions of how you define what is right in more ambiguous times. I always thought that schools were places where children were taught to use grown-up equipment properly and it seems to be abrogating educational responsibility to duck out of teaching the right way to handle real javelins. Only the bravery of Sinitsin saw him through an ordeal which many another boxer would have ducked out of long before the end. During the treatment there were times when I wanted to duck out. She had to duck out of the new Oliver Stone flick ‘Beyond Borders’ because the role of a wartime social worker, opposite Kevin Costner, would have been a bit of a stretch. For the last few years of school life I ducked out of sports altogether by pretending I had singing lessons. Yet the necessary reforms to improve productivity have been ducked by government. But the principle is the same: we cannot duck our responsibilities by saying that the other party took part freely. Synonyms shirk, dodge, evade, avoid, steer clear of, run away from, elude, escape, find a way out of, back out of, pull out of, shun, eschew, miss sidestep, bypass, skirt round, circumvent, give a wide berth to, find a way round, turn one's back on informal cop out of, get out of, wriggle out of, worm one's way out of British informal skive, skive off, funk North American informal cut Australian/New Zealand informal duck-shove archaic decline, bilk 2with object Push or plunge (someone) under water, either playfully or as a punishment. 把…按入水中 Rufus grabbed him from behind to duck him under the surface 鲁弗斯从后面抓住了他，将他按到水中。 Example sentencesExamples Players, including William, were ducked under the water and roughly tackled by the opposing side. Offenders could be ducked in water. It is no more a proper trial than ducking witches used to be. Synonyms dip, dunk, plunge, immerse, submerge, lower, sink 3Bridge no object Refrain from playing a winning card on a particular trick for tactical reasons. 〔桥牌〕放掉（指本来能赢得某一牌墩时故意把这个牌墩放掉） declarer ducked the opening spade lead nounPlural ducks dʌkdək A quick lowering of the head. 突然的低头 Example sentencesExamples Then a quick duck brought him under the demon's arm. Phrases duck and dive Use one's ingenuity to deal with or evade a situation. 巧妙地应对（或躲避） she was all for a bit of ducking and diving, that's how everyone lived Example sentencesExamples You see, he may duck and dive, but he cannot escape the fact that the defendants have failed to prove in any shape or form that he acted improperly, or tried to act improperly, in any game. Take a bit of a chance here and duck and dive a bit there. Mogoba said to make allegations of corruption was not a crime, ‘but to duck and dive is suspicious in the extreme’. Asked what Bisho's response was, he said: ‘They duck and dive all the time.’ He tried to duck and dive the very serious matters that were raised under his rule. When I walk down the street I don't have to duck and dive, I can meet these people and talk to them. They cannot duck and dive that question any longer. It mostly seeks to duck and dive to avoid taking responsibility for the crass way this country is now managed on our behalf. There are many who would circumvent the issue, duck and dive rather than handle the hot potato that the case has become during these last ten years. Four Belfast friends duck and dive on the fringes of legality in an attempt to make a fast buck and improve their lot. Derivatives ducker noun ˈdʌkəˈdəkər My character is a bit of a ducker and diver, but he'd never wish to cause any harm. Example sentencesExamples Secondly, he's a ducker and diver: always devising crazed schemes to get enough money for gambling. ‘He may well have been a ducker and diver,’ Adams wrote, ‘a loveable rogue or whatever, but to me he was a football man who knew his job in depth.’ A ducker and diver, Milutinovic has not always been able to ride above the waves. Ever since I was a little kid I was an excellent ducker. Origin Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch duiken and German tauchen 'dive, dip, plunge', also to duck¹. duck³ (also ducks) nounPlural ducks dʌkdək British informal Dear; darling (used as an informal or affectionate form of address, especially among cockneys) 〈英〉亲爱的，宝贝儿（用作非正式或亲昵的称呼，通常为伦敦东区人使用） it's time you changed, my duck where've yer been, ducks! Origin Late 16th century: from duck¹. duck⁴ nounPlural ducks dʌkdək mass noun 1A strong linen or cotton fabric, used chiefly for work clothes and sails. 帆布，粗布 cotton duck Example sentencesExamples Some of them are made of cotton duck. Then, in 1941, the mill again served by producing cotton duck for tents to shelter our soldiers in World War II. Cut the diaper cover pieces from the yellow cotton duck or broadcloth according to the pattern guidesheet. If stripes aren't your style, experiment with other casual fabrics, such as cotton duck, denim, and corduroy. I am interested in dyeing 35 yards of cotton duck for slipcovers for a sofa. Sailcloth is a very strong, heavy canvas or duck made in plain weave. 1.1ducks Trousers made of duck. 帆布（或粗布）裤子 Origin Mid 17th century: from Middle Dutch doek 'linen, linen cloth'; related to German Tuch 'cloth'. duck⁵ nounPlural ducksdʌkdək Cricket A batsman's score of nought. 〔板球〕零分 he was out for a duck 因得零分而出局。 Example sentencesExamples I remember that Gundappa Viswanath scored a duck and a century on his Test debut - has anyone else done this? Stillington made major inroads into Harrogate's batting as they dismissed three home batsmen for ducks. Their last five wickets tumbled for 22 in just under eight overs, with the final four batsmen all making ducks. As it happened, on the third day no such resurrection occurred and worse, he scored yet another duck. Ponting, so impressive in the first innings, went for a five-ball duck. But he also made seven ducks in 30 innings, and a couple of chaps called Greenidge and Haynes made getting back into the side virtually impossible. Laker's tally of eight ducks inflicted in that famous match against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956 is the record for a single Test. They never talk about when I got Len Hutton out for a duck, at Lord's in 1954! This soon became 32 for 4 as both Rahul and Jadeja got ducks. Brendan Martin, on debut, was snapped up at first slip off Greg Dowell for nine, and Shaun Lynch was bowled by Dowell for a duck. Phrases break one's duck 1Score the first run of one's innings. 〔板球〕首次得分 Example sentencesExamples He really broke his duck last Sunday, though, a little lucky to survive a run-out chance on his way to 114. Heysham finally broke their duck in the top flight of local cricket - with a fairly routine six wicket triumph over fellow strugglers Ibis. They can break their duck next Saturday at Clifton Park against lowly Old Crossleyans. The bloodlust was almost satisfied as the Tasmanian tried to break his duck with a risky run to cover, where Kevin Pietersen pounced and threw and missed the stumps by the length of a rat's tail. In October 2004 they came within one wicket of their inaugural Test victory, against Pakistan at Multan, and earlier this year they finally broke their duck by seeing off their fellow minnows, Zimbabwe, in a two-Test home series. 1.1British Make one's first score or achieve a particular feat for the first time. 〈英〉首次得分；首次取得成功 it was not until injury time that the Dark Blues broke their duck Example sentencesExamples The Rotherham defence was under pressure straight away in the second half and they held out well until Cueto finally found a way through and broke his duck for the season, with van Straaten again on target. But we will be looking for Dele to break his duck in tomorrow's game. Slipper finally broke their duck in York John Smith's Ladies Darts League division one in a hard battle at Flag. Paradise Isle, runner-up in all her three races and narrowly beaten at York on Evening Press Sunday Raceday, seeks to break her duck at Pontefract tomorrow. The 3-1 victory at Lancaster City on Tuesday broke their duck in terms of both goals and points this year. In the midweek game between Tottenham and Manchester City the young Portuguese front man Postiga finally broke his duck and netted his first goal for the club, he then ran to the stand of Spurs fans and threw his shirt into the crowd. Ashton broke his duck against Boro and will be looking for Huckerby to use his pace to provide him with a scoring opportunity to demonstrate why Worthington paid £3 million for his services. It was rare, the captain pointed out, for novice sailors to break their duck with a Channel crossing. Skipton finally broke their duck after 48 minutes when Mark Davison burst free and fed winger Matthew Wilson, who scored an unconverted try. On the other flank, former Halifax winger Oli Marns broke his duck in his seventh game and went on to claim a hat-trick. Origin Mid 19th century: short for duck's egg, used for the figure 0 because of its similar outline. noun.1 phr. verb.1 phr. noun.2 noun.3 noun.4 phr. duck¹ noundəkdək 1A waterbird with a broad blunt bill, short legs, webbed feet, and a waddling gait. 鸭 Family Anatidae (the duck family); domesticated ducks are mainly descended from the mallard. The duck family also includes geese and swans, from which ducks are distinguished by their generally smaller size and shorter necks Example sentencesExamples In this area, ducks, wading birds, and shorebirds are awaiting your visit. There were turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens and guinea fowl on sale. Geese, ducks, sparrows, and hawks are heading south in numbers. It's not only humans who appreciate the food at this pink-washed cottage opposite Danbury's duck pond - the ducks waddle over for any leftovers. As home, migratory stop and breeding ground, Saskatchewan hosts over 25 percent of the continent's ducks and geese. We stood there in awkward silence, shuffling our feet gawkily like ducks do when they are hungry. Interesting water birds and several species of ducks and warblers nest there. Then, at the next hole, a duck waddled onto the green just as Love was lining up a putt. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a small duck waddling toward me. Wetlands are a lure for geese, swans, ducks, egrets, storks, herons and the icon of the Camargue, the pink flamingo. The teals, mallards and other small ducks were all paddling about. They watched in silence as a pair of ducks waddled across the lawn and waded into the pond. Birds as diverse as parakeet, egrets, ducks, terns, and plovers were plummeting in numbers. The duck, whose feet remained free while its feathers stuck to the ice, attracted public sympathy after efforts to free it failed. Then Nikolai noticed the heron and the duck waddling up the hill behind Dmitri. The rear feet of the beaver are large and webbed like a duck's feet, to give the animal good swimming ability. The Canvasback is a medium-sized duck with an elegant pattern of black, russet, and white. Flocks of birds, including large ducks, Egyptian geese and dabchicks, were coated in oil on Wednesday. Wild birds may carry these infections, but they typically prove most harmful to domestic fowl like chickens, ducks, and turkeys. International cuisine uses the eggs of other birds, including ducks, geese, sparrows, quails and ostriches, but it is the hen that has been universally domesticated. 1.1 A duck as food. 鸭子（作为食品），鸭肉 a duck for tomorrow's dinner 为明天宴会准备的一只鸭子。 Example sentencesExamples In a heavy, flameproof casserole, cook the sausages and duck in the olive oil until their fat runs and the sausages and duck are golden on all sides. The duck bakes for precisely seven minutes and rests for precisely seven minutes. Stir in the date syrup with the lemon juice, and cook for another 15-20 minutes, until the duck is tender. Add duck meat and season with salt and white pepper to taste. From a nutritional perspective, the duck, cucumber, spring onion and pancakes make a reasonably well-balanced meal. The roast duck was good, and so was the grilled lobster, despite a weirdly glowing sidecar of basil mashed potatoes. Like most of the sauces here, the duck's citrus glaze is notably reserved. The duck and chicken I sampled were both flavored with balsamic vinegar, and both were overdone. From there it is into the duck, chicken, pork, beef, vegetables and bean curd, rice and noodles. His garlic duck sausage with black mustard is the hot dog of your dreams. Thickly slice the duck and serve it on the parsnip purée, scattered with a little extra thyme. The bread is perfectly toasted, the duck is perfectly tender, and those waffle chips are scrumptious. I'm not trying to suggest that Susie's roast venison or my duck with caramelised apple could be described as a horror show, but neither were they worthy of the setting. I have the Thai mussels as a starter and they're fabulous - the crispy duck, and deep fried rolls with chilli jam are tasty too. A small tear trickled down Lisa's face as I savored my duck. Season the cavity of the duck with salt and pepper and truss with kitchen string. Cook the duck until tender, then add the potatoes and onion. His duck's sweetness is amplified by roasted rhubarb; snapper's nuttiness is made prominent by a ginger-soy nage. The mail-order range has now been extended to include beef, duck, lamb, chicken, pheasant and goose. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan, then sear the duck skin-side down over gentle heat for five to ten minutes or until the skin is crisp, draining off the fat as it renders. 2A pure white thin-shelled bivalve mollusk found off the Atlantic coasts of America. 甲鸣蛤（纯白色双壳类软体动物，产于美国大西洋海岸） Genus Anatina, family Mactridae 3An amphibious transport vehicle. Example sentencesExamples 30 tourists were today forced to jump off a burning duck boat into the River Thames as it sank. Land or sea, this duck does it all. The Los Angeles City Council is floating an idea to bring duck boats to the downtown area of the LA River. Among the more unusual vehicles contributing to the relief effort a duck boat drafted in to help flooded residents in Windsor today. Winston Churchill was given a guided tour of the D-Day beaches in a duck. The ducks are fully restored, U.S. Coast Guard approved vessels. The duck boats hugged the shore, giving fans an up-close view of the championship trophy and the players. The duck boats are still parked in dry dock. Today, a ride in a duck does not involve battles! Phrases get (or have) one's ducks in a row informal Get (or have) one's facts straight; get (or have) everything organized. 〈北美〉把情况弄清楚；将一切安排得井井有条 Example sentencesExamples Another factor pushed them to hurry the project: the need to get their ducks in a row before they ran out of time. Normally, financing details of a deal of this magnitude take several months, but Blank got his ducks in a row quickly. The crew worked together to get our ducks in a row as we headed back to the ship. ‘You can't get a public fund-raising campaign going if you don't have your ducks in a row,’ he says. ‘January is the time to get your ducks in a row,’ advises Liza Mason, a managing partner for Premier Ventures, which owns and operates four high-volume restaurants in Denver. If you are trying to get 100 musicians to play your symphony, you had better have your ducks in a row before you walk into the hall with an armload of scores. It's naive to think that they'd do anything unless they have their ducks in a row. The Europe team, on the other hand, got their ducks in a row in no uncertain terms and are standing tall. I find it hard to get my ducks in a row at the best of times but today was the first time since about last August that I felt a little in control of life. The other board members pay attention if I present my case forcefully, and I can be enough of a pain that they make sure they have their ducks in a row before bringing up any new spending increase. take to something like a duck to water Take to something very readily. 像鸭子入水般地开始做某事，轻松自如地着手某事 he shows every sign of taking to University politics like a duck to water 无处不显示出他如鱼得水般地喜欢上了大学政治生活。 Example sentencesExamples I took to the video recorder like a duck to water. ‘In those days, there were not many girls doing the pole vault but Kim just took to it like a duck to water,’ he says. He took to it like a duck to water and we have been astonished at his fast progress. It was difficult for the students, but I took to it like a duck to water. She not only took to it like a duck to water but she went on to become one of the foremost wine professionals in the country. Donna has been helping out her older brothers since a very young age so she took to it like a duck to water. She had only been playing for a few months and took to it like a duck to water. I've said all along that the long rounds will suit me and I took to them like a duck to water. ‘He's only driven a Carrera Cup car once at Snetterton, but he took to it like a duck to water,’ says Mortimer senior. Helen took to the dance routine like a duck to water. water off a duck's back A potentially hurtful or harmful remark or incident that has no apparent effect on the person mentioned. 鸭背上的落水，不起作用（或毫无影响）之事物 it was like water off a duck's back to Nick, but I'm sure it upset Paul 这对于尼克来说如同鸭背上的落水毫无影响，但我肯定这令保罗觉得沮丧。 Example sentencesExamples That's water off a duck's back to a man like Graham, who seven minutes later, saw his side take the lead. Today, snobbery about musicals and their hijacking of the worldwide stage is water off a duck's back. However, if the intention was to shame him then it failed because my friend told me it seemed to run off him like water off a duck's back. Whenever other people came under fire, they tried to deflect it elsewhere, but it's water off a duck's back. They shed hardships of camp life like water off a duck's back. Either way, the woman's unfriendly comments are like water off a duck's back to John. But the criticism rolls off him like water off a duck's back. It's all water off a duck's back really, but I would like to point out a couple of things. We are used to getting flak from the public over the vehicles we book, so it is water off a duck's back to us. They make it seem as if the war slid off Hemingway like water off a duck's back and have asked us to understand that some of his most admired war stories are not really war stories after all. Origin Old English duce, from the Germanic base of duck (expressing the notion of ‘diving bird’). duck² verbdəkdək 1no object Lower the head or the body quickly to avoid a blow or so as not to be seen. （为躲避袭击等）突然低下头，突然弯下身 spectators ducked for cover 观众们低头躲闪。 with object he ducked his head and entered 他低下头走了进来。 she ducked into the doorway to get out of the line of fire 她弓身钻进门道，以避开发射线。 Example sentencesExamples Gusts of wind battered him; he ducked into the office and laid the key on the counter. Thinking quickly, I grabbed Jared by the arm and ducked into the nearest classroom. Clark did his best not to shuffle his feet or duck his head. She ducked into the shop and pulled the scarf from her head. Quickly, Nat ducked into his closet, hoping his father might just leave the house soon. Droplets of rain had already fallen, and he quickly ducked into his car to avoid being drenched by the rain. As they turned around, Cary ducked into a cave to avoid being seen. I ducked into the next room, quickly moving behind the curtain. Avoiding the rain he ducked into a nearby building and fled downstairs to take a covered shortcut to his work area. Martin followed Rocky out of the classroom, and they ducked into a corner to avoid the mass of students. Lance ducked into the garage holding a small radio in his hand. Soaked, I ducked into Rubenstein's Furniture Store to get out of the rain. Abbey ducked into the bathroom, and I continued on to our classroom. He quickly ducked into the building and ran for the nearest lift. I declined politely and then ducked into the nearest shop just to escape him. I ducked into the first washroom I came across, locked myself in the first stall and clenched my eyes shut, silent sobs making my chest heave. When one followed me near my own block, I ducked into a bodega for a bottle of water. She quickly ducked into an open classroom, trying to get a peek at the kid as he left the school. She quickly ducked into a corner as the stone fell loudly down the stair case. We ducked into one of the food outlets at the top of the mountain and had a drink, waiting for the rain to subside. Synonyms bob down, bend, bend down, bow down, stoop, stoop down, crouch, crouch down, squat, squat down, hunch down, hunker down, sit on one's haunches 1.1duck out Depart quickly. 迅速离去 I thought I saw you duck out 我想我看见你溜走的。 Example sentencesExamples She looks like she ducked out for a quick hit during the performance. I ducked out to see if Clooney had signed the autograph or if the guy had disappeared. We ducked out while they weren't looking and hot-footed it home. He smiled at me quickly before he ducked out of the classroom. Maeve seemingly needed to use the bathroom, because she ducked out rather quickly. He thought about ducking out when Barry went to get another round in. The bell rang and I quickly ducked out of the classroom before Miss Hoover could stop me. He sat up, examined my face, winked, and dressed quickly to duck out of the room for a wash, down the hall. I got the potato salad all right, and then ducked out the back door and into the dirt parking lot. 1.2with object Avoid (a blow) by moving down quickly. 避开，躲过（一击） he ducked a punch from an angry first baseman 他躲开了一垒手怒气冲冲的一拳。 Example sentencesExamples Cyrus ducked the blow and landed another punch to James' stomach, knocking the wind from him and sending him to the ground again. She ducked the wild blow easily, and Jon stepped in, snatching the boy's stick from him and tossing it into the woods. He barely ducks the bullets as his eyes widen when they fly towards him. He ducked one, two blows, before Yenny caught him on the shoulder. He ducked a blow from a horseman riding up close to him and then grabbed onto the man's leg. Kino smiled, laughed, and ducked the blow like he could read the chief's mind. The leader ducked the blow and brought the axe around in a sweeping arc straight for Drew's knees. I ducked his punch and pulled his feet from underneath him with my feet. My whimpers became wails and I tried to duck his blows. He ducked a decapitating blow and crossed his swords above his head, just in time to block a downward slash. He ducked the blow and countered it, his own fist connecting with my jaw and his knee finding its way to my stomach. Then he had to duck a punch that would have detached his jaw. Nick, in a fit of rage and pain took another swing at Will, who merely ducked the blow. He ducks a few blows and hits the other person a few times before the fight is called. But he ducked the blow and darted his head back up colliding with Kung's chin. She swung at him two more times and he ducked both of those blows as well. A friend at school had his eye shot by another lad ‘over something silly’, and Pierre once had to duck bullets from a sniper outside his home. Their jobs can be so tough that at times they even have to duck punches from troublesome beachgoers. They will have expected you to duck this punch and instead you let the blow bounce of your granite chin like an errant moth. I ducked a blow, then kicked someone else away, looking desperately around for the door again. 1.3informal with object Evade or avoid (an unwelcome duty or undertaking) 〈非正式〉逃避，躲避，回避（不想承担的责任或任务） a responsibility that a less courageous man might well have ducked 一个勇气稍逊的人很可能会逃避的责任。 no object I was engaged twice and ducked out both times 我曾两次订婚，但两次都溜掉了。 Example sentencesExamples Thank goodness we've ducked out of the dinner party thing. Whatever else that is, it's hardly ducking responsibility. But the principle is the same: we cannot duck our responsibilities by saying that the other party took part freely. Only the bravery of Sinitsin saw him through an ordeal which many another boxer would have ducked out of long before the end. During the treatment there were times when I wanted to duck out. And you can understand why she might want to duck out occasionally; aside from the required smoking and drinking, carrying this one-woman show seems pretty demanding. I always thought that schools were places where children were taught to use grown-up equipment properly and it seems to be abrogating educational responsibility to duck out of teaching the right way to handle real javelins. She had to duck out of the new Oliver Stone flick ‘Beyond Borders’ because the role of a wartime social worker, opposite Kevin Costner, would have been a bit of a stretch. Is the closure of Internet chat rooms more about ducking responsibility than child safety? It also ducks out of the more difficult questions of how you define what is right in more ambiguous times. This low-level approach sought to duck the unwelcome publicity surrounding the sentencing of refuseniks. Yet the necessary reforms to improve productivity have been ducked by government. At 18, she ducked out of the limelight, but after several years in retirement, she picked up her skills again. Sometimes referred to as the ‘master magician’, he was criticised for ducking out of a previous hearing of the committee. Those who duck this obligation ill-serve the country. And none of this is meant to suggest that the editorial page editor can use the policy to duck responsibility for inaccuracies on the page. Shunning the media and ducking a direct interaction will only cause more damage to the system, if it has not already, with the athletes flopping badly. Someone who is ducking responsibility for his own actions is hardly in a strong position to call someone else to account. For the last few years of school life I ducked out of sports altogether by pretending I had singing lessons. In fact I hope I don't end up ducking out of saying a name on the phone, too. Synonyms shirk, dodge, evade, avoid, steer clear of, run away from, elude, escape, find a way out of, back out of, pull out of, shun, eschew, miss 2with object Plunge one's head or body underwater briefly. I had to keep ducking down to get my head cool Example sentencesExamples It is no more a proper trial than ducking witches used to be. Players, including William, were ducked under the water and roughly tackled by the opposing side. Offenders could be ducked in water. Synonyms dip, dunk, plunge, immerse, submerge, lower, sink 3Bridge Refrain from playing a winning card on a particular trick for tactical reasons. 〔桥牌〕放掉（指本来能赢得某一牌墩时故意把这个牌墩放掉） noundəkdək A quick lowering of the head. 突然的低头 Example sentencesExamples Then a quick duck brought him under the demon's arm. Origin Middle English: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch duiken and German tauchen ‘dive, dip, plunge’, also to duck. duck³ (also ducks) noundəkdək British informal Dear; darling (used as an informal or affectionate form of address, especially among cockneys) 〈英〉亲爱的，宝贝儿（用作非正式或亲昵的称呼，通常为伦敦东区人使用） it's time you changed, my duck where've yer been, ducks! Origin Late 16th century: from duck. duck⁴ noundəkdək 1A strong linen or cotton fabric, used chiefly for casual or work clothes and sails. 帆布，粗布 cotton duck Example sentencesExamples Then, in 1941, the mill again served by producing cotton duck for tents to shelter our soldiers in World War II. If stripes aren't your style, experiment with other casual fabrics, such as cotton duck, denim, and corduroy. Some of them are made of cotton duck. I am interested in dyeing 35 yards of cotton duck for slipcovers for a sofa. Cut the diaper cover pieces from the yellow cotton duck or broadcloth according to the pattern guidesheet. Sailcloth is a very strong, heavy canvas or duck made in plain weave. 1.1ducks Pants made of duck fabric. Origin Mid 17th century: from Middle Dutch doek ‘linen, linen cloth’; related to German Tuch ‘cloth’. duck⁵ noundəkdək Cricket A batsman's score of zero. 〔板球〕零分 out for a duck 因得零分而出局。 Example sentencesExamples Laker's tally of eight ducks inflicted in that famous match against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956 is the record for a single Test. Ponting, so impressive in the first innings, went for a five-ball duck. Brendan Martin, on debut, was snapped up at first slip off Greg Dowell for nine, and Shaun Lynch was bowled by Dowell for a duck. They never talk about when I got Len Hutton out for a duck, at Lord's in 1954! I remember that Gundappa Viswanath scored a duck and a century on his Test debut - has anyone else done this? But he also made seven ducks in 30 innings, and a couple of chaps called Greenidge and Haynes made getting back into the side virtually impossible. As it happened, on the third day no such resurrection occurred and worse, he scored yet another duck. This soon became 32 for 4 as both Rahul and Jadeja got ducks. Stillington made major inroads into Harrogate's batting as they dismissed three home batsmen for ducks. Their last five wickets tumbled for 22 in just under eight overs, with the final four batsmen all making ducks. Origin Mid 19th century: short for duck's egg, used for the figure 0 because of its similar outline. noun.1 phr. verb.1 noun.2 noun.3 noun.4
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