ducking 的定义
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.
ducking 近义词
drop down; avoid
由ducking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ducking例句
- The pond was stocked with fish, geese, ducks, cranes, and herons, “all having the appearance of life, for their skins were admirably preserved.”
- “We are stuck with a lame duck person, who is no longer representing our interests and cannot represent our interests,” she said.
- Moderate Democrats, Ocasio-Cortez told the New York Times, are “sitting ducks.”
- To be sure, it’s not impossible a deal could get done in the lame duck, as those like McConnell have even recently said a deal needs to be done “before the end of the year.”
- Generously glaze the duck once more and roast for another 10 minutes.
- He instead flew off to Denver for fundraising and a speech some of his fellow Democrats are ducking.
- She and her husband crawled on the floor, ducking as “falling glass, chandeliers, plates, food, and drink” fell on top of them.
- When ducking into darkness beneath the deck, the savvy pirate would simply switch his eye patch from one eye to the other.
- Ducking the beams becomes more and more of an effort, and sometimes you forget to duck.
- Ducking debates is impossible now, but preparing for predictable problems, and even easy questions, should be Campaign 101.
- Nine identical High-Pocketses—all so tall they had to weave around the neon lights instead of ducking under them.
- Stanley was none the worse for his ducking, but poor Billy was unconscious, and had a large cut in his head, which looked serious.
- Ducking back through the firedoor, he ran quickly up to the sixteenth floor, up past the fifteenth.
- She sought a rock and hurled it up against 68 the boards, ducking as it rebounded back at her.
- This ducking stool was intended for the special benefit of vixens and scolding wives.