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词组 duck
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duck
Theme: AVOIDANCE
tr. to avoid someone or something.
Clare is ducking her responsibility.You can't duck this investigation. They're on to you.
Theme: URINATION
n. a male urinal bedpan. (Hospitals.)
Somebody in room 212 needs a duck.Take this duck down there quick.
duck
1. noun
1
in cricket, a score of zero/nought. A shortening of the original term 'duck's egg' which derived from the shape of 0 written in the scorebook UK, 1868.
2
an unrelentingly gullible and trusting person; an odd person. Prison usage US, 1848.
3
in pool, a shot that cannot be missed or a game that cannot be lost US, 1990.
4
an attractive target for a robbery US, 1965.
5
a stolen car discovered by police through serendipitous checking of number plates. An abbreviation of SITTING DUCK US, 1970.
6
a portable urinal for male hospital patients US, 1980.
7
a prison sentence of two years. Probably from the shape of 2 US, 1990.
8
in a deck of playing cards, a two US, 1988.
9
a surfer who lingers in the water, rarely catching a wave US, 1991.
10
an admission ticket for a paid event. An abbreviation of DUCAT US, 1945.
11
a firefighter. New York police slang US, 1997.
12
inexpensive wine. An abbreviation and then generic use of Cold Duck, a sparkling red wine that was extremely popular in the 1960s and 70s US, 1972.
13
used as a term of address, usually an endearment. Also used in the plural since 1936 UK, 1590
2. verb
1
to avoid US, 1864.
2
in pool, to miss a shot or lose a game intentionally to mislead an opponent as to your true ability US, 1993.► duck a datein circus and carnival usage, to fail to perform as scheduled US, 1981.► duck and diveto avoid or evade, especially with regard to legality or responsibility; to dodge work, to shirk; hence, to avoid regular employment but make a living nevertheless. Rhyming slang for SKIVE (to avoid or evade) UK, 1960.► duck arsewhen smoking, to wet the cigarette end with saliva. Probably a back-formation from DUCK'S ARSE, changing 'duck' from 'a bird' to a verb UK, 1968
idiomducka dead ducka plan, idea etc that is not useful or is likely to fail:The personal computer as we know it will soon be a dead duck.Everyone agrees that something has to be done before the next general meeting, but recruiting outsiders to take over the leadership is a dead duck.be a duck shoot AmEAmEto be a very easy job or piece of work:Learning to drive a motorcycle should be a duck shoot for you.be a lame duckused about an elected official, government etc who does not have much power because their time in office will soon end:Johannsen has been a lame duck since May, when he was defeated in the Republican primary.lame-duck: The public meeting on the development project may mean that lame-duck council members could approve the controversial building.be a sitting duckattack criticize used about someone who cannot defend themselves against people who might harm them or try to get an advantage over them:Car drivers are sitting ducks for the government who get far more cash out of them for fuel and car tax than is actually spent on the roads.You're a sitting duck out there all by yourself at night. What would you do if someone grabbed you?take to sth like a duck to waterto learn how to do something very easily because you are naturally good at it:Martin's father sold real estate and his mother was a housewife, but he took to show business like a duck to water.It may look as if I've taken to management like a duck to water, but this job isn't easy.
phraseduck[ducked, ducked, ducking]
duck out
duck out informal to avoid doing something that you do not want to do, but have to do or have promised to do: I'm not trying to duck out, but I do think someone else could do this job.+of Parents who do not discipline their children are ducking out of their responsibilities. "I've got a meeting at 2 o'clock." "Can you possibly duck out of it and meet me? I've got a horrendous problem."■ SIMILAR TO: get out of

duck

verb
See deduck

duck

1. n. a male urinal bedpan. (Hospitals.) Somebody in room 212 needs a duck.
2. tv. to avoid someone or something. Clare is ducking her responsibility.
3. Go to deduck.
4. n. a ticket. (Probably akin to ducats.) Did you buy the ducks early, or do we have to stand in line?
See:
  • (as) happy as a duck in Arizona
  • a dead duck
  • a lame duck
  • a sitting duck
  • a sitting duck/target
  • all duck or no dinner
  • all one's ducks in a row, get/have
  • as a duck takes to water
  • be (like) water off a duck's back
  • be duck soup
  • be water off a duck's back
  • break (one's) duck
  • break your duck
  • dead duck
  • dead duck, a
  • deduck
  • duck
  • duck and cover
  • duck and dive
  • duck butt
  • duck down
  • duck face
  • duck out
  • duck soup
  • duck soup, like
  • duck test
  • duck-butt
  • ducking and diving
  • ducks and drakes
  • duck-squeezer
  • easy as A, B, C
  • fine weather for ducks
  • get (one's) ducks in a row
  • get ducks in a row
  • get one's ducks in a row
  • get your ducks in a row
  • get/have your ducks in a row
  • God love a duck!
  • golden duck
  • happy as a duck in Arizona
  • have (one's) ducks in a row
  • hunt where the ducks are
  • if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it is a duck
  • lame duck
  • lame duck, a
  • like a duck to water
  • like a dying duck in a thunderstorm
  • like water off a duck's back
  • Lord love a duck!
  • Lovely weather for ducks
  • lucky duck
  • make ducks and drakes of
  • make ducks and drakes of (something)
  • milk a duck
  • milking a duck
  • mud duck
  • odd duck
  • play ducks and drakes with
  • play ducks and drakes with (one)
  • play ducks and drakes with someone
  • queer duck
  • sitting duck
  • sitting duck, a
  • strange duck
  • take to
  • take to (something) like a duck to water
  • take to it like a duck to water, to
  • take to something like a duck to water
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