单词 | duck |
释义 | noun | verb duckduck1 /dʌk/ ●●● S3 W3 noun 1![]() noun | verb duckduck2 ●○○ verb 1[intransitive, transitive] to lower your head or body very quickly, especially to avoid being seen or hit: If she hadn’t ducked, the ball would have hit her.duck under The children quickly ducked under their desks. Lewis ducked his head to avoid the ball.2[intransitive] to go quickly into or behind something, especially to avoid being seen or to get away from someone: duck into The three men ducked into a subway entrance and disappeared.3[intransitive] to visit a place, especially for only a short time: duck into She ducked into a drugstore to buy a pair of sunglasses.4[transitive] to try to avoid something, especially a difficult duty or something that you do not want to do: Benson ducked a question about his involvement in the bank scandal.5[transitive] old-fashioned to push someone or something under the water SYN dunkduck out phrasal verb informal1to avoid doing something that you have to do or have promised to do: duck out of/on You can’t duck out on your promise now.2to leave quickly, especially without anyone noticing: duck out of He ducked out of the meeting early. |
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