duck / dʌk /

💦中学词汇鸭子鸭蛋鸭肉烤鸭

duck 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural ducks, duck.

  1. any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
  2. the female of this bird, as distinguished from the male.Compare drake.
  3. the flesh of this bird, eaten as food.
  4. Informal. person; individual: He's the queer old duck with the shaved head and walrus mustache.
  5. a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
  6. ducks,British Slang. ducky.
  7. Cricket Slang. failure of a batsman to score: to be out for a duck.a player's score of zero: to be bowled for a duck.Compare goose egg.

duck 近义词

v. 动词 verb

drop down; avoid

duck构成的短语

  • duck out
  • duck soup
  • dead duck
  • get one's ducks in a row
  • lame duck
  • like water off a duck's back
  • sitting duck
  • take to (like a duck to water)
  • ugly duckling

更多duck例句

  1. For example, research reported in Science magazine found that in the laboratory, the virus either did not replicate or did not spread easily in dogs, pigs, chickens, or ducks.
  2. The pathway itself is a bit of a strange duck, because not all neurons that form it respond to the initial fear.
  3. The new study shows how water birds, such as ducks, may be part of that spread, she says.
  4. Most eggs in the new study passed through a duck within one hour.
  5. Shallow ponds — called potholes — on the prairie serve as nesting sites for half of the ducks in North America.
  6. The user fee on duck stamps goes exclusively to funding federal acquisition of wetlands as wildlife habitat.
  7. The Federal Duck Stamp Act raised the fee on stamps needed to hunt waterfowl on federal land from $15 to $25.
  8. Because Duck Dynasty receives monster TV ratings and Robertson paid by a company (A&E) while making these public statements.
  9. One of the most persistent myths in American politics is the media-fueled concept of the lame duck.
  10. A Fish and Wildlife special agent collected the bodies of two birds at the site, a redhead duck and a mourning dove.
  11. It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.
  12. It is interesting to notice a resemblance between this huge bird and our English wild duck or plover.
  13. Perhaps it was as well that she allowed such responsibilities to slip past her like water running off the feathers of a duck.
  14. Then Kip had to duck back into a darkened doorway as Carlson retraced his steps, and got back into his car.
  15. (I mean the widow lady's whiskered companion)—I saw him eat pease with the very knife with which he had dissected the duck!