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ducking

/duhk/US // dʌk //UK // (dʌk) //

躲避,躲躲闪闪,躲躲闪闪的,躲躲藏藏

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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

  • 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.