ducking

1. N-VAR 鸭子
   A duck is a very common water bird with short legs, a short neck, and a large flat beak.
   1. Chickens and ducks scratch around the outbuildings.
      鸡鸭在棚子周围到处乱刨。
   2. Duck is the flesh of this bird when it is eaten as food.
      鸭肉
   3. ...honey roasted duck.
      蜜汁烤鸭
2. N-COUNT 母鸭(公鸭叫做 drake)
   A duck is a female duck. The male is called a drake.
   1. I brought in one drake and three ducks.
      我弄来一只公鸭和三只母鸭。
3. VERB 急速低头（或弓身）(以免被打中或看见)
   If you duck, you move your head or the top half of your body quickly downwards to avoid something that might hit you, or to avoid being seen.
   1. He ducked in time to save his head from a blow from the poker...
      他及时低下头，躲过了拨火棍的击打。
   2. He ducked his head to hide his admiration...
      他低下头以掩饰他的仰慕之情。
   3. I wanted to duck down and slip past but they saw me.
      我本想弯腰溜过去，但被他们看到了。
4. VERB (快速低头或弓身以)躲闪,闪避
   If you duck something such as a blow, you avoid it by moving your head or body quickly downwards.
   1. Hans deftly ducked their blows.
      汉斯灵巧地躲过他们的击打。
5. VERB 躲避;逃避
   If you duck into a place, you move there quickly, often in an attempt to avoid danger or to avoid being seen.
   1. Matt ducked into his office...
      马特慌忙躲进他的办公室。
   2. He ducked through the door and looked about frantically.
      他溜进门里，慌忙地四处张望着。
6. VERB 逃避,回避,推脱,推诿(义务或责任)
   You say that someone ducks a duty or responsibility when you disapprove of the fact that they avoid it.
   1. The Opposition reckons the Health Secretary has ducked all the difficult decisions...
      反对党认为卫生大臣逃避了所有决策难题。
   2. He had ducked the confrontation with United Nations inspectors last summer.
      去年夏天他避开了与联合国核查人员的对峙。
7. VERB 将(某人或其头部)按入水中
   If someone ducks someone else, they force them or their head under water for a short time.
   1. She splashed around in the pool with Mark, rowdily trying to duck him.
      她和马克在水池中嬉戏,胡闹着要将他按入水中。
8. See also: dead duck lame duck sitting duck
9. N-VOC (昵称)亲爱的,宝贝儿
   Some people call other people duck or ducks as a sign of affection.
   1. Oh, I am glad to see you, duck.
      噢,很高兴见到你,亲爱的。
10. PHRASE 毫无效果的;不起作用的
    You say that criticism is like water off a duck's back or water off a duck's back to emphasize that it is not having any effect on the person being criticized.
    1. All the criticism is water off a duck's back to me.
       批评对我来说左耳进右耳出，毫无影响。
11. PHRASE 很自然地就会;轻而易举;如鱼得水
    If you take to something like a duck to water, you discover that you are naturally good at it or that you find it very easy to do.
    1. She took to mothering like a duck to water.
       她很快就对母亲这一角色驾轻就熟了。

1. Ducking her head against the rain, she hastened on.
   她冲着雨埋头继续赶路。
2. He is ducking under water.
   他入水即出。
3. A street-corner surveillance camera, easily evaded by ducking indoors, is one kind of intrusion.
   毕竟，要想避开街道拐角处的监控摄像头，只要躲进室内就可以了。
4. They do not suggest a government ducking foreign policy in either its diplomatic or kinetic modes.
   无论是从其外交模式还是从其动力模式来说，它们都没有表明英国政府回避外交政策。
5. My ducking my head like this whenever he reaches for me is a kind of hiding& I'm avoiding a simple goodnight kiss. But it's also a kind of not-hiding, too.
   每当他探手过来时，我便这么低下头，这是一种回避&我在回避简简单单的睡前之吻，却同时也是一种不回避。
6. So when he mentioned fooling around with 100 of them, I got in the car and drove. By the afternoon, I was following my old garden mentor around, ducking in and out of magnolias and hydrangeas, looking for the best of the bunch.
   因此，当他提到他在倒腾100种鼠尾草时，我马上开车直奔了过去。到下午时分，我跟在自己的园艺启蒙导师后面，穿梭于木兰和绣球花中，寻找着长势最好的花丛。
7. But, ducking under a roundhouse punch, he jabbed the pointy end of the umbrella into the attacker's gut, stopping him cold.
   但就在弯腰躲避狠狠一击时，他将伞尖顶住攻击者的腹部，终结了对方的进攻。
8. Ducks clucked under the docks with a ducker in duck ducking into dark.
   鸭子在码头下面咯咯直叫，一个穿帆布的猎鸭人一闪隐入黑暗中。
9. Well, the little mammals were ducking for cover from these very large extremely ugly creatures that were somewhere between birds and dinosaurs.
   片子里的小动物四处奔逃，慌张地躲避一些巨大丑陋的生物，它们介于鸟和恐龙之间。
10. Ducking out to drive around with a guy you hardly know isn't daring it's dangerous.
    偷溜出去与你刚刚才认识的男朋友开车兜风，这并不是勇敢，反而是件很危险的事。
11. He's like an overgrown kid who doesn't quite know his own strength, ducking his head and freight-training down the lane.
    他象一个不知道自己有多大力量的过分生长的孩子，在球场上埋头苦练。
12. They accused him of ducking all the issues at stake.
    他们指责他对关系重大的问题一概避而不谈。
13. Ducking a difficulty often just brings you face to face with yourself.
    在回避问题的路上，常常回遇见自己。
14. He was quit for a ducking.
    他因钻入水中而逃脱。
15. Ugly ducking wants to play with them.
    她多想和她们一起玩啊！
16. The children cavorted in the water, splashing and ducking each other.
    孩子们在水里互相泼水嬉戏并按彼此的头。
17. Hundreds of people, including senior government officials and politicians attending the event were seen ducking for cover as shots rang out.
    人们看到，当枪声大作时，参加仪式的数百名政府高级官员和政治家纷纷弯腰寻找藏身之地。
18. It pauses, overcome by shyness, like my grandchild at the door, peeping in, ducking out of sight, giggling in the hallway.
    它欲前又止，羞涩腼腆，就像我的小孙女，倚在门口，偷偷往里瞅，又一下子跑开了，不见踪影，从门厅传出她咯咯的笑声。
19. There had been no years between the ducking of this dragonfly and the other one& the one that was part of memory.
    在这只和另一只蜻蜒的急转之间，岁月不曾流转&而另一只蜻蜒已成了我记忆中的一部分。
20. And ducking losses in a real estate market like this might make a great first impression on a new boss.
    躲避损失和房地产市场一样，对于一个新的老板来说这可能成为一位伟大的第一印象。
21. Running and jumping and ducking bullets is not my idea of a good day.
    奔跑、跳跃、躲子弹不是我理想的生活状态。
22. In that case you may be doing the company a favour by ducking out for a few months.
    在这种情况下，你休假几个月反而是帮公司的忙。
23. In the one moment he saw his opponent ducking out of his field of vision and the background of white, watching faces; in the next moment he again saw his opponent and the background of faces.
    在这一瞬间，桑德尔仿佛消失了，背景上观众的脸孔也不见了。而一瞬之后，桑德尔以及背景上的观众又重新浮现出来。
24. China must stop ducking its responsibility.
    中国必须停止回避自己的责任。
25. He's been ducking me. I'm gonna get a few answers.
    他一直在回避我，我要得到一些答案。
26. The child got a nasty ducking.
    那个小孩被狠狠地按入水中。
27. Yet ducking the issue also carries costs.
    然而，回避这个问题也会付出代价。
28. By ducking through thick brushes and around sharp turns quickly, they can evade even the most determined pursuers.
    通过猛冲、迅速掉头急转弯，他们可以逃开，即使是最坚定的追捕者。
29. The rain gave him a good ducking.
    雨使他湿透了。
30. Playmates ducking each other in the pool;
    游伴在池中嬉水；

noun

1. the act of wetting something by submerging it

   Synonym:    submersionimmersiondousing

2. hunting ducks

   Synonym:    duck hunting