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ducking 音標拼音: [d'ʌkɪŋ] n. 鉆入水中,急速的低頭,閃避 鑽入水中,急速的低頭,閃避 ducking n 1: hunting ducks [ synonym: { ducking}, { duck hunting}] 2: the act of wetting something by submerging it [ synonym: { submersion}, { immersion}, { ducking}, { dousing}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. -- Fielding. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. " Will duck his head aside." -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster]
Ducking \ Duck" ing\, n. & a., from { Duck}, v. t. & i. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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