duck
英 [d?k]
美[d?k]
- n. 鴨子；鴨肉；（英）寶貝兒；零分
- vi. 閃避；沒(méi)入水中
- vt. 躲避；猛按…入水
- n. (Duck)人名；(德、葡、匈)杜克
詞組搭配
get (或 have) one's ducks in a row
(N. Amer.)get (or have) one's facts straight; get (or have) everything organized
(北美)把情況講清楚；將一切安排得井井有條
take to something like a duck to water
take to something very readily
像鴨子入水般地喜歡上某事，輕松自如地著手某事
he shows every sign of taking to University politics like a duck to water.
無(wú)處不顯示出他像鴨子入水般地喜歡上了大學(xué)政治生活。
water off a duck's back
a potentially hurtful or harmful remark or incident which has no apparent effect on the person mentioned
鴨背上的落水，不起作用（或毫無(wú)影響）之事物
it was like water off a duck's back to Nick, but I'm sure it upset Paul.
這對(duì)于尼克如同鴨背上的落水，毫無(wú)影響，但我肯定這令保羅覺(jué)得沮喪。
duck and dive
use one's ingenuity to deal with or evade a situation
靈活地應(yīng)付（或躲避）
break one's duck
(Cricket)score the first run of one's innings
(板球)首次得分