美国街头常用英语俚语D-9: Duck/ dud (mp3和文本下载)

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1. Duck 躲闪，突然低下头，回避（问题）

Rodger forgot to duck his head when he crawed under the table, so he hit his head.
罗杰爬到桌下时忘记低头，结果头撞上了桌子。

链接：

“Dear, I forgot to duck.”“亲爱的，我忘了躲了。”这是里根总统遇刺后对夫人南希说得第一句话。

duck an issue: 回避问题

2. Dud 无用的，无用之物

The meeting was a real dud -- we didn't get anything accomplished.
这次会议毫无意义，什么都没解决。

释义：本义是“哑弹”，扔出去炸不响。