| 单词 | ducks and drakes |
| 释义 | ducks and drakesnounAlso duck and drake. a pastime in which flat stones or shells are thrown across water so as to skip over the surface several times before sinking. Idioms for ducks and drakesplay ducks and drakes with, to handle recklessly; squander: He played ducks and drakes with his fortune.Also make ducks and drakes of. Origin of ducks and drakesFirst recorded in 1575–85; from a fancied likeness to a waterfowl's movements Words nearby ducks and drakesduckling, duck on a rock, duck out, duckpin, ducks, ducks and drakes, duck's arse, duck's ass, duck shove, duck soup, ducktail Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ducks and drakes
British Dictionary definitions for ducks and drakesducks and drakes noun (functioning as singular)a game in which a flat stone is bounced across the surface of water make ducks and drakes of, play ducks and drakes with or play at ducks and drakes with to use recklessly; squander or waste Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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