duck
Từ điển Collocation
duck noun
ADJ. wild | plastic, rubber A rubber duck floated in the bath. | roast
QUANT. flock, flotilla (only used for ducks that are swimming) A flotilla of ducks bobbed near the shore.
VERB + DUCK feed Every afternoon they went to the park to feed the ducks.
DUCK + VERB quack | paddle, swim The ducks paddled furiously towards the bread. | bob | dive | dabble Some species of duck dive for food, while others dabble for plants and insects near the surface. | waddle A family of ducks waddled along the river bank. | nest | migrate
DUCK + NOUN breast Slice the duck breast and serve. | egg | pond
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
- (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman; duck's egg
- flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
- a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
v.
- to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
Before he could duck, another stone struck him
- submerge or plunge suddenly
- dip into a liquid; dip, douse
He dipped into the pool
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, sidestep
He dodged the issue
she skirted the problem
They tend to evade their responsibilities
he evaded the questions skillfully
English Slang Dictionary
1. ugly female
2. a homosexual, male or female:"My friend dosen't like Steve because he's a duck"
File Extension Dictionary
Cyberduck Bookmark (Property List) File (David V. Kocher)
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
ducks|ducked|ducking
syn.: dip dunk immerse plunge sidestep sink submerge drake