duck

英 [dʌk] 美 [dʌk]

• n. 鸭肉；鸭；亲爱的人
• v. 躲避，闪开；潜入

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]鸭,野鸭

   any of various type of common water-bird, domestic and wild

2. [U]鸭肉

   its flesh as food

3. [C]亲爱的,宝贝儿

   dear (as a form of address)

v. (动词)

1. vi. & vt. 躲避; 闪开

   lower quickly especially so as to avoid being hit or seen

2. vt. & vi. 潜入

   push under water

英英释义

Noun:

1. small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

2. (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

3. flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

4. a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

Verb:

1. to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away;

   "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"
   

2. submerge or plunge suddenly

3. dip into a liquid;

   "He dipped into the pool"
   

4. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);

   "He dodged the issue"
   "she skirted the problem"
   "They tend to evade their responsibilities"
   "he evaded the questions skillfully"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The special today is pressed duck with walnuts.
   今天的特色菜是桃仁酥鸭。
2. They visited a duck farm operated by the corporation.
   他们参观了这个公司办的养鸭场。
3. You cannot teach an old duck new tricks.
   老鸭学不会新把戏。
4. There are many ducks swimming in the lake.
   湖里有许多鸭子在游泳。
5. She's a sweet old duck.
   她是个可爱的老太婆。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The duck quacks.
   鸭子嘎嘎叫。
2. She raised ducks.
   她养鸭。
3. He brought down several wild ducks on his last hunting trip.
   他最后一次出猎打到了几只野鸭。
4. Somebody fired a gun and startled a flock of wild ducks.
   有人放了一枪,惊起一大群野鸭子。
5. Donald Duck is as famous as Mickey Mouse.
   唐老鸭和米老鼠一样出名。
6. I prefer goose to duck.
   我喜欢吃鹅肉胜过吃鸭肉。
7. Some ancient old duck fooled them all!
   有些老家伙愚弄了他们所有的人。
8. He is the queer old duck with the knee-length gaiters and walrus mustache.
   他穿着高及膝盖的皮护腿,留着海象般的八字胡,真是个古怪的老家伙。
9. “Will you come with us?”“Will a duck swim?”
   “你和我们一起去好吗?”“那还用问吗?”
10. I must have told him a hundred times, and he always forgets — it's like water off a duck's back.
    我一定告诉他许多次了,而他总是忘记 —— 那不起作用。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. He is ducking under water.
   他入水即出。

S+～+to- v

1. She had to duck to get through the low doorway.
   她必须低头通过低低的门口。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He ducked his head in the stream to get cool.
   他把头扎到水里凉爽凉爽。
2. The man ducked his son in the swimming pool.
   那人把儿子短时浸入水池中。

S+～+ v -ing

1. Don't try to duck cleaning up the kitchen.
   别逃避打扫厨房。

经典引文

• Her child..was so much her 'duck' that he grew up to be a goose.

  出自： C. H. Spurgeon

• Nutty Nottingham Council has banned workers calling each other 'love' or 'duck' under new anti-sexism laws.

  出自：Sun

• She..stepped down into cooler water, ducked, then got out.

  出自： W. Golding

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

a sitting duck

容易攻击或容易击中的人或事物 person or thing that is an easy target, or is easy to attack

play ducks and drakes with

浪费,挥霍 spend in a careless wasteful way; children's game in which flat stones are bounced across the surface of the water

(take to sth/v-ing) like a duck to water

像鸭子下水般; 不犹豫地,不惧怕地,自然地 without hesitation, fear, or difficulty; naturally

用作动词 (v.)

duck by (v.+prep.)

以…逃避 escape by means of
duck sb by v-ing
She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door.

她从后门偷偷溜走,躲开采访者。

duck down (v.+adv.)

低下身子躲过… lower one's body to avoid sth
duck down
The soldiers ducked down as the bullets began to fly.

子弹飞来时,士兵们迅速俯下身子。
Duck down behind this wall and then the policeman won't see you.

赶快弯下身,警察就看不见你了。
We saw the missile coming our way and ducked down.

我们看到导弹冲着这个方向来了,急忙弯下身来。

duck into (v.+prep.)

躲进 hide into
duck into sth
Duck into this doorway and hope he doesn't see us.

赶快躲进门里,但愿他看不见我们。
He ducked into the doctor's office and back out again.

他探身进入医生办公室,然后立即退出来了。

duck out of (v.+adv.+prep.)

逃避(做)… try to avoid (doing) sth
duck out of sth/v-ing
Don't try to duck out of the dishes!

别老是逃避洗碗。
It's unlawful to duck out of paying taxes.

逃税是违法的。

duck with (v.+prep.)

用…回避 avoid sth by
duck sth with sth
He ducked a question with a joke.

他用笑话回避问题。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• chance the duck 好歹要干一下

形容词+～

• dead duck 注定要完蛋的人〔物〕
• domestic duck 家鸭
• wild duck 野鸭
• young duck 小鸭

名词+～

• mandarin duck 鸳鸯

介词+～

• like a duck to water 自然地,毫无畏惧地

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• duck one's head 低头

～+副词

• duck down 低下身子躲过…

～+副词+介词

• duck away from 避开

～+介词

• duck behind 藏在…后面
• duck by 以…避开
• duck into 迅速躲进
• duck under water 潜入水下
• duck with 用…回避

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. duck用作可数名词意思是“鸭子”,尤指“母鸭”, duck有两种复数形式:duck和ducks,一般情况下多用零复数形式,只有在指不同的种类和个体时才采用规则复数形式。
2. duck的阳性名词为drake(公鸭)。
3. duck用作不可数名词意思是“鸭肉”。
4. duck在英国口语中表示“亲爱的人,宝贝”,在美语中可指“人,家伙”。
5. “Will a duck swim?”的意思是“还用说吗?”。

v. (动词)

1. duck作“躲避; 闪开”解时可表示动作,也可表示状态; 多用作及物动词,接名词或动名词作宾语。
2. duck作“潜入”解时指猛然进入又立即退出的动作。多用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

duck, dodge, fence, malinger, parry, shirk

• 这组词都有“回避”的意思,它们之间的区别是:fence指像击剑者那样“躲避”,强调灵巧和勇气; dodge强调动作迅速或突然变换位置进行“躲闪”,含有策略、机警、聪明的意思; duck指突然地弯腰或好像弯腰那样进行“躲〔回〕避”; malinger指伪装有病或虚弱,以“逃避”职责或艰巨的任务等; parry强调自卫的技能和灵巧; shirk指卑鄙地、胆怯地、鬼祟地去“躲〔回〕避”。例如:
• He was able to dodge so that the man's knife went through his sleeve, wounding him only slightly.他来得及躲开,那人的小刀刺穿他的衣袖,他仅受了点轻伤。
• He saw a policeman coming and ducked behind a car.他看到一个警察向他走来,便闪身躲在一辆汽车后面。
• She says she's got flu, but I think she's malingering.她说她感冒了,但我认为她是在装病逃避工作。
• I parried her question by the best excuses I could offer.我用自己能找到的最好借口回避她的问题。
• He shirked his duty to his family.他逃避家庭的职责。

immerse，dip，duck，plunge，submerge

• 这些动词均有“沉浸、浸入”之意。
• immerse侧重全部被液体所覆盖，也可用于比喻意义。
• dip指部分地、暂时地或轻微地放进液体，多暗示一种谨慎或试探性的动作。
• duck指把头伸进水中，或指游泳时开玩笑地把一个人的头按入水中。
• plunge暗示迅速而有力的动作，但浸入不一定很深。
• submerge指长时间的完全浸入、潜入，强调浸入液体深层。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的duce，意为鸭，潜水者。

近反义词

【近义词】

• dip 浸
• sidestep 向旁侧避让
• circumvent 绕行
• dodge 避开
• evade 逃避
• elude 逃避
• avoid 避免
• bend 弯曲
• bob 上下疾动
• bow 弓
• drop 落下
• escape 逃跑
• lower 低的
• nod 点头
• stoop 佝偻
• submerge 使浸没
• plunge 使投入
• immerse 浸
• sink 下沉
• dunk 蘸一下水
• drake 公鸭
• parry 挡开武器或打击...
• fudge 软糖
• douse 浸入
• skirt 裙子
• put off 不安
• duck's egg 鸭蛋
• hedge 树篱