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| 1 | C a water bird with short legs , webbed feet (= with skin between the toes) , and a large flat beak 鸭 |
| | 1a | a female duck . The male is called a drake . 母鸭，雌鸭 | |
| | 1b | U the meat of a duck 鸭肉 | | roast duck 烤鸭 | |
| | 1c | relating to ducks 鸭的 | | duck feathers 鸭毛 | |
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| 2 | C a zero score by a batsman in a game of cricket （板球中）零分，鸭蛋 |
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| 3 | duck or ducks C BRITISH spoken used for talking to someone you like 亲爱的 |
| How are you, duck? 你好吗，亲爱的？ |
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| - | break the duck
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| to be successful again after a series of failures |
| （在一连串失败后）获得成功 |
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| - | get (all) your ducks in a row
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| to prepare something carefully so that you make no mistakes |
| 精心准备 |
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| - | take to sth like a duck to water
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| to learn a new activity very easily , as if you have been doing it for a very long time |
| 轻而易举学会做某事 |
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