duck
/dʌk/ verbe A2En français : esquiver, baisser, plonger
- To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
- To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
- To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
- To bow.
- To evade doing something, especially something considered a responsibility.
- To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
- 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?
He/she/it ducks · Prétérit ducked · Participe passé ducked · Forme en -ing ducking
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- duck
- He/she/it
- ducks
- Prétérit
- ducked
- Participe passé
- ducked
- Forme en -ing
- ducking
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
It was high time to go, for the pool was getting quite crowded with the birds and animals that had fallen into it: there were a Duck and a Dodo, a Lory and an Eaglet, and several other curious creatures.
“Found _what_?” said the Duck.
“I know what ‘it’ means well enough, when _I_ find a thing,” said the Duck: “it’s generally a frog or a worm.
“’Tis the voice of the Lobster; I heard him declare, “You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair.” As a duck with its eyelids, so he with his nose Trims his belt and his buttons, and turns out his toes.”
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