英汉词典

duck 基本解释

• n. 鸭子；鸭肉；（英）宝贝儿；零分
• vi. 闪避；没入水中
• vt. 躲避；猛按…入水
• n. (Duck)人名；(德、葡、匈)杜克

duck 词态变化

duck 中文词源

可能来自PIE*dhewb, 深的，浸，潜，词源同deep, dip. 因鸭子喜欢潜水而命名。

duck 英文词源

duck

duck: [OE] A duck is a bird that ‘ducks’ – as simple as that. It gets its name from its habit of diving down under the surface of the water. There is no actual record of an English verb duck until the 14th century, but it is generally assumed that an Old English verb *dūcan did exist, which would have formed the basis of the noun duck. It came from a prehistoric West Germanic verb *dukjan, which also produced German tauchen ‘dive’.

English is the only language which uses this word for the bird, although Swedish has the term dykand, literally ‘dive-duck’, which refers to the ‘diver’, a sort of large waterbird. Nor is it the original English word: the Anglo-Saxons mainly called the duck ened, a term which survived until the 15th century. This represents the main Indo-European name for the duck, which comes from an original *anə ti- and is found in Greek nessa, Latin anas, German ente, Dutch eend, Swedish and, and Russian utka.

duck (n.1)

waterfowl, Old English duce (found only in genitive ducan) "a duck," literally "a ducker," presumed to be from Old English *ducan "to duck, dive" (see duck (v.)). Replaced Old English ened as the name for the bird, this being from PIE *aneti-, the root of the "duck" noun in most Indo-European languages.

In the domestic state the females greatly exceed in number, hence duck serves at once as the name of the female and of the race, drake being a specific term of sex. [OED]

As a term of endearment, attested from 1580s. duck-walk is 1930s; duck soup "anything easily done" is by 1899. Duck's ass haircut is from 1951. Ducks-and-drakes, skipping flat stones on water, is from 1580s; the figurative sense of "throwing something away recklessly" is c. 1600.

duck (n.2)

"strong, untwilled linen (later cotton) fabric," used for sails and sailors' clothing, 1630s, from Dutch doeck "linen cloth" (Middle Dutch doec), related to German Tuch "piece of cloth," Danish dug, Old Frisian dok, Old High German tuoh, all of unknown origin.

duck (v.)

"to plunge into" (transitive), c. 1300; to suddenly go under water (intransitive), mid-14c., from presumed Old English *ducan "to duck," found only in derivative duce (n.) "duck" (but there are cognate words in other Germanic languages, such as Old High German tuhhan "to dip," German tauchen "to dive," Old Frisian duka, Middle Dutch duken "to dip, dive," Dutch duiken), from Proto-Germanic *dukjan.

Sense of "bend, stoop quickly" is first recorded in English 1520s. Related: Ducked; ducking. The noun is attested from 1550s in the sense of "quick stoop;" meaning "a plunge, dip" is from 1843.

duck 词组搭配

duck 英文释义

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

duck 同义词解析

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。

duck 双语例句

1. Drizzle the remaining dressing over the duck and salad.

将剩下的调料淋在鸭肉和色拉上。

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2. All the criticism is water off a duck's back to me.

批评对我来说左耳进右耳出，毫无影响。

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3. She took to mothering like a duck to water.

她很快就对母亲这一角色驾轻就熟了。

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4. She chose a bench beside the duck pond and sat down.

她在鸭塘边找了条长椅坐下。

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5. You can't duck out once you've taken on a responsibility.

一旦承担起责任你就不能逃避。

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duck 实用场景例句

The government is ducking the issue.

政府在回避这个问题。

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The kids were ducking each other in the pool.

孩子们在池塘里相互把对方按入水中。

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It's his turn to cook dinner, but I bet he'll try to duck out of it.

轮到他做晚饭了，但我敢打赌他会想方设法逃避的。

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We ducked down behind the wall so they wouldn't see us.

我们弓身躲在墙后不让他们看见。

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He just managed to duck out of sight .

他总算躲开了别人的视线。

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She ducked her head and got into the car.

她低着头进了汽车。

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He ducked the first few blows then started to fight back.

他躲开最先几拳后便开始反击。

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She ducked into the adjoining room as we came in.

我们进来时她转身躲进了隔壁房间。

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He had to duck as he came through the door.

他穿过门口时得弯下身来。

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wild ducks

野鸭

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duck eggs

鸭蛋

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roast duck with orange sauce

烤鸭蘸橘子酱

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Anything else, duck?

还有别的事吗，宝贝儿？

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He was out for a duck.

他因得了零分而出局。

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She has taken to teaching like a duck to water.

她教起书来驾轻就熟。

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All the criticism is water off a duck's back to me.

批评对我来说左耳进右耳出，毫无影响。

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She took to mothering like a duck to water.

她很快就对母亲这一角色驾轻就熟了。

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Oh, I am glad to see you, duck.

噢,很高兴见到你,亲爱的。

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She splashed around in the pool with Mark, rowdily trying to duck him.

她和马克在水池中嬉戏,胡闹着要将他按入水中。

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Chickens and ducks scratch around the outbuildings.

鸡鸭在棚子周围到处乱刨。

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I brought in one drake and three ducks.

我弄来一只公鸭和三只母鸭。

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He ducked in time to save his head from a blow from the poker...

他及时低下头，躲过了拨火棍的击打。

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He ducked his head to hide his admiration...

他低下头以掩饰他的仰慕之情。

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Hans deftly ducked their blows.

汉斯灵巧地躲过他们的击打。

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Matt ducked into his office...

马特慌忙躲进他的办公室。

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He ducked through the door and looked about frantically.

他溜进门里，慌忙地四处张望着。

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The Opposition reckons the Health Secretary has ducked all the difficult decisions...

反对党认为卫生大臣逃避了所有决策难题。

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He had ducked the confrontation with United Nations inspectors last summer.

去年夏天他避开了与联合国核查人员的对峙。

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