Englisch > Deutsch | |
duck | |
1. Substantiv: | |
2. [1] allgemein: Ente | |
3. [2] speziell: erwachsene, weibliche Ente [1] | |
4. [3] (kein Plural): Ente, Entenfleisch | |
5. Verb: | |
6. [1] sich ducken | |
[1] An Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at George W. Bush, forcing him to duck. | |
[1] "At the window a face looks back out and for a moment is caught in the moonlight, then its ducks back inside to carry on with its business." | |
Englisch > Englisch | |
duck | |
1. v. (intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something. | |
2. v. To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something. | |
3. v. To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To bow. | |
6. v. To evade doing something. | |
7. v. To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly. | |
8. v. (intransitive, Australia) To enter a place for a short moment. | |
I'm just going to duck into the loo for a minute, can you hold my bag? | |
9. subst. An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet. | |
10. subst. Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling. | |
11. subst. The flesh of a duck used as food. | |
12. subst. (cricket) A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.) | |
13. subst. (slang) A playing card with the rank of two. | |
14. subst. A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space. | |
15. subst. A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related. | |
A luncheonette in the shape of a coffee cup is particularly conspicuous, as is intended of an architectural duck or folly. | |
16. subst. A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games. | |
17. subst. (US) A cairn used to mark a trail. | |
18. subst. One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve. | |
19. subst. A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth. | |
20. subst. (in plural) Trousers made of such material. | |
21. subst. (A term of endearment); pet; darling. | |
And hold-fast is the only dog, my duck (William Shakespeare - The Life of King Henry the Fifth, Act 2, Scene 3). | |
22. subst. (Midlands) Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger). | |
Ay up duck, ow'a'tha? | |
Deutsch > Englisch | |
Ente | |
1. n-f. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae) | |
2. n-f. (especially) mallard; the commonest duck species in the area, thought of as the duck per se | |
3. n-f. (informal) Citroën 2CV | |
4. n-f. (medicine) urinal (vessel for holding urine) | |
5. n-f. (journalism) canard (false or misleading report) | |
einer Ente aufsitzen | |