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ducat /'dAkat/ noun
(in the past) a gold coin used in many European countries & ( (0
) .
duch ess /'dAtJas/ noun
1 the wife of a duke &
A A: the Duchess of
has the rank of a duke
duchy /'dAtji/ noun (pi. -ies) (also duke dom) an area of land that
is owned and controlled by a duke
or DUCHESS ^j§^ftfe
duck /dAk/ noun, verb
mnoun 1 (pi. ducks or duck) [C] a common bird that
lives on or near water and has short legs, webbed
feet (= feet with thin pieces of skin between the toes) and a wide
beak. There are many types of duck, some of which are kept for their meat or
eggs. fJ|: wild ducks O duck eggs — picture o page R28 2 [C] a female duck —
compare drake 3 [U] meat
from a duck |£]: roast duck with orange sauce 4 (also duckie, ducks, ducky) [C, usually sing.] (BrE, informal) a friendly way of
addressing sb ( AA AAF&ll fW ) 3^3jE, SiAJL: Anything else, duck?
^ ^ Jft JL ? — compare dear, love 5 a duck [sing.]
(in cricket ®$t)
a batsman’s score of zero He
was out for a duck, fife 0 f# 7 ffl tB M 0 — see also lame duck, sitting duck IETO1 get/have (all) your .ducks in a
'row (especially
NAmE)
to have made all the preparations needed to do sth; to be well organized A
(take to sth)
like a .duck to 'water (to become used to sth) very easily,
without any problems or fears f^lA AAHKW
She has taken to teaching like a duck to water.
—
more at dead
adj., water n.
uverb 1 ~ (down) | ~
(behind/under sth) to move your head or body downwards to avoid being hit or seen
f& 7 A, ) : M He had to duck
as he came through the
door. ftfe^MH P 0 We
ducked down behind the wall so they wouldn’t see US. mn AitfifefM
Jfto 0
He
just managed
to duck out of sight, ftfe & %
lib ff 7 $}l] AitfrWM „ o [VN] She
ducked her head and got into the car. Mfftlf Ai&7 2 [VN] to avoid
sth by moving your head or body out of the way |&|X]; HT1 dodge: He ducked the
first few blows then started to fight back, life ff it 5fe /l o 3 [V +adv./prep.] to move somewhere quickly, especially in
order to avoid being seen jHHiTr 3S , PS ff ^ ( IM & ® If JE ) :
She ducked into the adjoining room as we came in. flcfniftAN'ftfe$f 7 Pi H ^ fa] o 4
~ (out of) sth to avoid a difficult or unpleasant duty or responsibility iij®,
Si®, ff£
ii ( ) : [V] It’s his turn to cook dinner, but
I bet he’ll try to duck out of it. fkfijlife#Bfti&T
, fM UC fT J8f fife 'k Si A
i£ f£ M ft c O [VN] The government is ducking the issue. 5 (NAmE also
dunk) [VN] to push sb
underwater and hold them there for a short time AtKA : The kids were ducking
each other in the pool. 7fll £ ftfe ffi ASc A
7jCto
.duck-billed
' platypus noun = platypus duck-boards /‘dAkboidz; NAmE -boirdz/ noun [pi.] long narrow
wooden boards used to make a path over wet ground ( ) Mil®, M®
duck-ling /'dAklirj/ noun [C, U] a young duck; the
meat of a young duck /R f4; £fj p|; /J\ 0
—• see also ugly
DUCKLING
.ducks
and 'drakes noun [u] (BrE) a game in
which you make flat stones bounce
across the surface of water frAfS ( WM )
.duck
'soup noun [U] (NAmE, informal) a problem that is easy
to deal with, or an opponent who is easy to defeat
wa&minm
duck-weed /'dAkwiid/ noun
[U] a very small plant that grows on the surface of still water ## ducky /'dAki/
■
noun (BrE, informal) = duck(4)
■
adj. (duck-ier,
ducki-est) (NAmE,
old-fashioned or humorous) very pleasant M'bbQB
ft; A+4Hfttfeft: Everything is just ducky. —
duct /dAkt/ noun 1 a
pipe or tube carrying liquid, gas, electric or telephone wires, etc. (
#i3£i&f£, <^f£,
duct H£' (fer-if; ilMiS 2
a tube in the body or in plants through which liquid passes (
Af£^fI%f£rtHitf&f£
ft ) *f, the bile duct
ductile /‘dAktail/ adj. (technical Ain) (of a metal 7M)
that can be made into a thin wire ;
nj 5£
Hift; WM'ftft
duct-ing /'dAktiq/ noun
[U] 1 a system of ducts if if ( M If ) fit 2 material in the form
of a duct or ducts HAWR]-: a short piece of ducting —/hlj£1ftWR;[
'duct
tape noun [U] (NAmE)
very strong cloth tape that is sticky on one side, often used for repairing
things or covering holes in pipes
mmm)
dud /dAd/ noun, adj.
mnoun 1 [C] (informal) a thing that is
useless, especially because it does not work correctly A A ft A15; fk %: Two
of the fireworks in the box were duds. ;&7M ft®
AAWAJt^A* ft Mo 2 duds [pi.] (slang) clothes
■
adj. [only before noun] useless; that does not
work correctly Wa dud battery AH ftfe 0 a dud cheque (= written
by sb who has not enough money in their bank account) $3^ A®
dude /du:d; dju:d/ noun
(slang, especially NAmE) a man H A: He’s a real cool dude. flfe^-^AllilJ^o o Hey, dude, what’s up? mVl, ^£,1©?
'dude
ranch noun an American ranch (= a large farm) where people
can go on holiday/vacation and do the sort of activities that cowboys do ( H
@U ft ) ]ft fg # , JS fi? A ^ maidi^i From an old meaning of the
word dude, a man from the city
who wears fashionable clothes. Mi dude—MftIBA, dudgeon /'dAd3an/ noun ITCfTTl see high adj. due On* /dju:;
NAmE du:/ adj., noun, adv. m adj.