duck是鴨子,duckling專門指小鴨子,沒成年毛茸茸黃色的小鴨子。
如:There are many ducks in the river.河中有許多鴨子,另外,duck作動詞時是躲閃的意思,如:He ducked a high speed car in time yesterday.昨天他及時躲過了一高速行駛的汽車。
duckling,如:I buy some ugly ducklings in the toyshop.我在這家店裏買了些醜小鴨。
duck:
n. 鴨子鴨肉(英)寶貝兒零分
vi. 閃避沒入水中
vt. 躲避猛按…入水
The main course was roast duck.
主菜是烤鴨。
She chose a bench beside the duck pond and sat down.
她選了鴨池旁的一張長椅坐了下來。
The cat was now within striking distance of the duck.
此時,貓就在可攻擊鴨子的距離內。
duckling:n. 小鴨子
A flock of ducklings waddled across the river.
一羣小鴨子搖搖擺擺地朝河邊走去。