duck 音标拼音: [d'ʌk]
n . 鸭子,鸭肉;家伙;零分,鸭蛋
v . 突然潜入水中,急忙低头,闪避
鸭子,鸭肉;家夥;零分,鸭蛋突然潜入水中,急忙低头,闪避
duck n 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 [
synonym : {
duck },
{
duck '
s egg }]
3 :
flesh of a duck (
domestic or wild )
4 :
a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave ;
used for clothing and tents v 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 " [
synonym : {
dip },
{
douse }, {
duck }]
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 " [
synonym :
{
hedge }, {
fudge }, {
evade }, {
put off }, {
circumvent }, {
parry },
{
elude }, {
skirt }, {
dodge }, {
duck }, {
sidestep }]
Widgeon \
Widg "
eon \,
n . [
Probably from an old French form of F .
vigeon ,
vingeon ,
gingeon ;
of uncertain origin ;
cf .
L .
vipio ,
-
onis ,
a kind of small crane .] (
Zool .)
Any one of several species of fresh -
water ducks ,
especially those belonging to the subgenus {
Mareca },
of the genus {
Anas }.
The common European widgeon ({
Anas penelope })
and the American widgeon ({
Anas Americana })
are the most important species .
The latter is called also {
baldhead }, {
baldpate },
{
baldface }, {
baldcrown }, {
smoking duck }, {
wheat }, {
duck },
and {
whitebelly }.
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{
Bald -
faced widgeon },
or {
Green -
headed widgeon },
the American widgeon .
{
Black widgeon },
the European tufted duck .
{
Gray widgeon }.
(
a )
The gadwall .
(
b )
The pintail duck .
{
Great headed widgeon },
the poachard .
{
Pied widgeon }.
(
a )
The poachard .
(
b )
The goosander .
{
Saw -
billed widgeon },
the merganser .
{
Sea widgeon }.
See in the Vocabulary .
{
Spear widgeon },
the goosander . [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Spoonbilled widgeon },
the shoveler .
{
White widgeon },
the smew .
{
Wood widgeon },
the wood duck .
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Duck \
Duck \ (
d [
u ^]
k ),
v .
i .
1 .
To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear ;
to dive ;
to plunge the head in water or other liquid ;
to dip .
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In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day . --
Dryden .
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2 .
To drop the head or person suddenly ;
to bow .
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The learned pate Ducks to the golden fool . --
Shak .
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Duck \
Duck \ (
d [
u ^]
k ),
n . [
Cf .
Dan .
dukke ,
Sw .
docka ,
OHG .
doccha ,
G .
docke .
Cf . {
Doxy }.]
A pet ;
a darling . --
Shak .
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Duck \
Duck \,
n . [
D .
doek cloth ,
canvas ,
or Icel .
d [=
u ]
kr cloth ;
akin to OHG .
tuoh ,
G .
tuch ,
Sw .
duk ,
Dan .
dug .]
1 .
A linen (
or sometimes cotton )
fabric ,
finer and lighter than canvas , --
used for the lighter sails of vessels ,
the sacking of beds ,
and sometimes for men '
s clothing .
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2 . (
Naut .)
pl .
The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates . [
Colloq .]
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Duck \
Duck \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Ducked };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Ducking }.] [
OE .
duken ,
douken ,
to dive ;
akin to D .
duiken ,
OHG .
t ?
hhan ,
MHG .
tucken ,
t ["
u ]
cken ,
t ?
chen ,
G .
tuchen .
Cf .
5th {
Duck }.]
1 .
To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw .
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Adams ,
after ducking the squire twice or thrice ,
leaped out of the tub . --
Fielding .
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2 .
To plunge the head of under water ,
immediately withdrawing it ;
as ,
duck the boy .
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3 .
To bow ;
to bob down ;
to move quickly with a downward motion . "
Will duck his head aside ." --
Swift .
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Duck \
Duck \,
n . [
OE .
duke ,
doke .
See {
Duck },
v .
t . ]
1 . (
Zool .)
Any bird of the subfamily {
Anatin [
ae ]},
family {
Anatid [
ae ]}.
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Note :
The genera and species are numerous .
They are divided into {
river ducks }
and {
sea ducks }.
Among the former are the common domestic duck ({
Anas boschas });
the wood duck ({
Aix sponsa });
the beautiful mandarin duck of China ({
Dendronessa galeriliculata });
the Muscovy duck ,
originally of South America ({
Cairina moschata }).
Among the sea ducks are the eider ,
canvasback ,
scoter ,
etc .
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2 .
A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person ,
resembling the motion of a duck in water .
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Here be ,
without duck or nod ,
Other trippings to be trod . --
Milton .
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{
Bombay duck } (
Zool .),
a fish .
See {
Bummalo }.
{
Buffel duck }, {
Spirit duck }.
See {
Buffel duck }.
{
Duck ant } (
Zool .),
a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees .
{
Duck barnacle }. (
Zool .)
See {
Goose barnacle }.
{
Duck hawk }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
In the United States :
The peregrine falcon .
(
b )
In England :
The marsh harrier or moor buzzard .
{
Duck mole } (
Zool .),
a small aquatic mammal of Australia ,
having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck ({
Ornithorhynchus anatinus }).
It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile ; --
called also {
duckbill }, {
platypus },
{
mallangong }, {
mullingong }, {
tambreet },
and {
water mole }.
{
To make ducks and drakes },
to throw a flat stone obliquely ,
so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water ,
raising a succession of jets ;
hence :
{
To play at ducks and drakes },
with property ,
to throw it away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably .
{
Lame duck }.
See under {
Lame }.
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332 Moby Thesaurus words for "
duck ":
Adamite ,
Bantam ,
Cornish hen ,
about the bush ,
also -
ran ,
angel ,
avert ,
avoid ,
avoidance ,
avoiding reaction ,
babe ,
baby ,
baby -
doll ,
back and fill ,
banty ,
baptism ,
baptize ,
barn -
door fowl ,
barnyard fowl ,
bastard ,
beat around ,
beg the question ,
being ,
bend ,
bend the knee ,
biddy ,
bilk ,
bird ,
blench ,
blink ,
bob ,
body ,
booby ,
bow ,
broiler ,
brooder ,
broody hen ,
bugger ,
burial ,
bury ,
buttercup ,
caille ,
canard ,
caneton ,
capon ,
case ,
cat ,
chanticleer ,
chap ,
chapon ,
character ,
cherub ,
chick ,
chickabiddy ,
chicken ,
chicky ,
circumvention ,
cock ,
cockerel ,
creature ,
cringe ,
crouch ,
curtsy ,
customer ,
darling ,
dear ,
deary ,
defeatee ,
defense mechanism ,
deluge ,
dindon ,
dip ,
dipping ,
dive ,
dodge ,
dog it ,
doll ,
domestic fowl ,
double ,
douse ,
dousing ,
drake ,
draw back ,
draw in ,
drown ,
duck duty ,
ducking ,
duckling ,
dunghill fowl ,
dunk ,
dunking ,
earthling ,
elude ,
elusion ,
elusiveness ,
engulf ,
engulfment ,
equivocate ,
equivocation ,
escape ,
eschew ,
evade ,
evasion ,
evasive action ,
evasiveness ,
fade ,
faisan ,
fall back ,
fall guy ,
fallback ,
feller ,
fellow ,
fence ,
flinch ,
float ,
flood ,
flow on ,
forbearance ,
forestalling ,
forestallment ,
fowl ,
fryer ,
game fowl ,
game loser ,
gander ,
genuflect ,
genuflection ,
get out of ,
getting around ,
gobbler ,
goldbrick ,
good loser ,
good sport ,
goof off ,
goose ,
gosling ,
groundling ,
grouse ,
guinea cock ,
guinea fowl ,
guinea hen ,
guy ,
hand ,
hang back ,
head ,
hedge ,
hem and haw ,
hen ,
hen turkey ,
homo ,
hon ,
honey ,
honey bunch ,
honey child ,
hum and haw ,
human ,
human being ,
immerge ,
immergence ,
immerse ,
immersion ,
individual ,
inundate ,
inundation ,
jasper ,
jib ,
jink ,
joker ,
kneel ,
kneeling ,
kowtow ,
lad ,
lamb ,
lambkin ,
life ,
living soul ,
loser ,
love ,
lover ,
make a reverence ,
malinger ,
man ,
merge ,
mince the truth ,
mince words ,
mortal ,
neutrality ,
nod ,
nonintervention ,
noninvolvement ,
nose ,
not pull fair ,
obeisance ,
oddball ,
oddity ,
oie ,
one ,
original ,
overwhelm ,
palter ,
parry ,
partlet ,
partridge ,
party ,
person ,
personage ,
personality ,
pet ,
petkins ,
pheasant ,
pigeon ,
pigeonneau ,
plunge ,
plunge in water ,
poulard ,
poulet ,
poult ,
poultry ,
pour on ,
precious ,
precious heart ,
prevaricate ,
prevent ,
prevention ,
prostration ,
pull away ,
pull back ,
pull in ,
pull out ,
pullback ,
pullet ,
pullout ,
pussyfoot ,
put off ,
quail ,
quiz ,
rain ,
recoil ,
reel back ,
refraining ,
retract ,
retreat ,
reverence ,
roaster ,
rooster ,
salaam ,
setting hen ,
sheer off ,
shift ,
shift off ,
shirk ,
shrink ,
shrink back ,
shun ,
shunning ,
shunting off ,
shy ,
shy away ,
shy off ,
sidestep ,
sidestepping ,
sidetracking ,
single ,
sink ,
sinking ,
skulk ,
slack ,
slide out of ,
slip ,
slip out of ,
sluice ,
sneak out of ,
snookums ,
soldier ,
somebody ,
someone ,
soul ,
souse ,
sousing ,
spook ,
sport ,
spring chicken ,
squab ,
squat ,
start aside ,
start back ,
steer clear of ,
step aside ,
stewing chicken ,
stooge ,
stoop ,
stud ,
submerge ,
submergence ,
submerse ,
submersion ,
sugar ,
supination ,
swamp ,
sweet ,
sweetheart ,
sweetie ,
sweetkins ,
sweets ,
swerve ,
tellurian ,
tergiversate ,
terran ,
the runaround ,
the vanquished ,
tom ,
tom turkey ,
turkey ,
turkey gobbler ,
turkey -
cock ,
turn aside ,
underdog ,
victim ,
volaille ,
waffle ,
ward ,
ward off ,
weasel ,
weasel out ,
welsh ,
whelm ,
wild duck ,
wince ,
withdraw ,
worldling ,
zigzag ,
zombie
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