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钻入水中,急速的低头,闪避

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Duck \Duck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ducked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Ducking}.] [OE. duken, douken, to dive; akin to D. duiken,
   OHG. t?hhan, MHG. tucken, t["u]cken, t?chen, G. tuchen. Cf.
   5th {Duck}.]
   1. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and
      suddenly withdraw.

            Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice,
            leaped out of the tub.                --Fielding.

   2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing
      it; as, duck the boy.

   3. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward
      motion. `` Will duck his head aside.'' --Swift.

Ducking \Duck"ing\,
   n. & a., from {Duck}, v. t. & i.

   {Ducking stool}, a stool or chair in which common scolds were
      formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment.
      See {Cucking stool}. The practice of ducking began in the
      latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the
      early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the
      19th century. --Blackstone. Chambers.

资料来源 : WordNet®

ducking
     n 1: hunting ducks [syn: {duck hunting}]
     2: the act of wetting something by submerging it [syn: {submersion},
         {immersion}, {dousing}]