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duck-legged

/duhk-leg-id or, especially British, -legd/US // ˈdʌkˌlɛg ɪd or, especially British, -ˌlɛgd //

鸭腿式,鸭子腿,鸭子腿的,鸭脚

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having legs that are unusually short: He crept up in a half-crouch that made him look duck-legged.

Examples

  • 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.

  • Targeting her upper back, Couple sat cross-legged on a table while she whipped her slave.

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

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

  • There was one honest dog in that company, but the two-legged specimen was a little "too sweet to be wholesome."

  • She wore soiled Burberry, high-legged tan boots, and a peaked cap of distinctly military appearance.

  • 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.