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duck

/duhk/US // dʌk //UK // (dʌk) //

鸭子,鸭蛋,鸭肉,烤鸭

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ducks, duck.

    • : 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.
    • : the female of this bird, as distinguished from the male.Compare drake.
    • : the flesh of this bird, eaten as food.
    • : Informal. person; individual: He's the queer old duck with the shaved head and walrus mustache.
    • : a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
    • : ducks,British Slang. ducky.
    • : 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.

Phrases

  • 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

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Examples

  • 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.

  • The pathway itself is a bit of a strange duck, because not all neurons that form it respond to the initial fear.

  • The new study shows how water birds, such as ducks, may be part of that spread, she says.

  • Most eggs in the new study passed through a duck within one hour.

  • Shallow ponds — called potholes — on the prairie serve as nesting sites for half of the ducks in North America.

  • The user fee on duck stamps goes exclusively to funding federal acquisition of wetlands as wildlife habitat.

  • The Federal Duck Stamp Act raised the fee on stamps needed to hunt waterfowl on federal land from $15 to $25.

  • Because Duck Dynasty receives monster TV ratings and Robertson paid by a company (A&E) while making these public statements.

  • One of the most persistent myths in American politics is the media-fueled concept of the lame duck.

  • A Fish and Wildlife special agent collected the bodies of two birds at the site, a redhead duck and a mourning dove.

  • It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.

  • It is interesting to notice a resemblance between this huge bird and our English wild duck or plover.

  • Perhaps it was as well that she allowed such responsibilities to slip past her like water running off the feathers of a duck.

  • Then Kip had to duck back into a darkened doorway as Carlson retraced his steps, and got back into his car.

  • (I mean the widow lady's whiskered companion)—I saw him eat pease with the very knife with which he had dissected the duck!