| 单词 | dodge |
| 释义 | dodge (once / 365 pages) nv To dodge something is to avoid it. In dodge ball, players dodge the balls being thrown at them. Dodging is making quick, sudden movements, usually to avoid something. You have to move quickly to dodge a flower pot that's falling from a ledge. In football, running backs are good at dodging defensive players. Politicians do a lot of maneuvers and manipulations to dodge blame, and plenty of people dodge responsibility for something they're supposed to take care of. So any kind of evasion strategy is a dodge. WORD FAMILYdodge: dodged, dodger, dodges, dodging, dodgy+/dodger: dodgers/dodging: dodgings/dodgy: dodgier, dodgiest USAGE EXAMPLESThey threw rocks, toppled streetlights, dodged clouds of tear gas and tipped over a television truck. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Delince dodged a death sentence after the failed coup by seeking asylum at the Brazilian Embassy in Haiti. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) The crew sailed past ancient Viking settlements in Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland, dodging icebergs and battling storms, before reaching Canada. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a quick evasive movement Hyper evasion the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver 2n a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery Syn|Hyper dodging, scheme falsehood, falsity, untruth a false statement 3n an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade Syn|Hypo|Hyper contrivance, stratagem plant something planted secretly for discovery by another pump-and-dump schemean illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices; the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises wangle, wanglingan instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery scheme, strategy an elaborate and systematic plan of action 4v make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid The child dodged the teacher's blow Hyper move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 5v move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course the pickpocket dodged through the crowd Hyper move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 6v avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) He dodged the issue Syn|Hypo|Hyper circumvent, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt beg dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted quibbleevade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections avoid stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something |
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