dud

英 [dʌd] 美 [dʌd]

• adj. 无价值的
• n. 哑弹；无用的人或物
• （复数）duds: 衣服；个人物品.

英英释义

Noun:

1. someone who is unsuccessful

2. an explosion that fails to occur

3. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual;

   "the first experiment was a real turkey"
   "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
   

Adjective:

1. failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive;

   "he stepped on a dud mine"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. How can we be expected to carry out our jobs with the dud equipment you gave us?
   你怎么能指望我们用这些你给的烂设备来完成工作呢？

用作名词 (n.)

1. During yesterday's sham battle, party A fired a dud.
   昨天的军事演习，甲方放了一个哑炮。
2. This battery is a dud.
   这电池是废的。
3. The new manager is a complete dud.
   新经理完全是个废物。
4. The whole plan turned out to be a dud.
   整个计划到头来完全失败了。
5. Two of the fireworks in the box were duds.
   盒子里的烟火有两个是坏的。

经典引文

• These are me clean duds for meetin' Rosebud at the station.

  出自： S. L. Elliott

词汇搭配

• dud cheque 空头支票

近反义词

【近义词】

• flop 啪嗒啪嗒地动...
• washout 失败
• failure 失败
• fiasco 惨败
• damp squib 引不起注意的事...
• letdown 失望
• dog 狗
• disappointment 失望
• useless 无用的
• worthless 无价值的
• ineffective 无效的
• no good 不好
• broken 弄坏的
• duff <俚>无用的
• turkey 火鸡
• bomb 炸弹
• misfire (枪炮等)不发火...