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duck+and+drake.

  • 1 duck

    I verb
    1) (to push briefly under water: They splashed about, ducking each other in the pool.) mergulhar
    2) (to lower the head suddenly as if to avoid a blow: He ducked as the ball came at him.) abaixar-se
    II plurals - ducks, duck; noun
    1) (a kind of wild or domesticated water-bird with short legs and a broad flat beak.) pato
    2) (a female duck. See also drake.) pata
    3) (in cricket, a score of nil by a batsman: He was out for a duck.) jogada de críquete/zero
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    duck1
    [d∧k] n 1 pato, pata. 2 Brit coll querido, amor, termo de carinho. 3 Cricket contagem de zero. 4 Amer coll colega, camarada. a dead duck uma questão ultrapassada. a sitting duck um alvo fácil, pessoa ou coisa sem defesa ou proteção. lame duck 1 pessoa, organização fraca ou incapaz. 2 Amer membro do Congresso prestes a se aposentar por não ter sido reeleito. 3 delinqüente, infrator. 4 falido. like water off a ducks back sem efeito algum. to make a duck fazer zero ponto (no críquete). to take to something like duck to water aprender ou habituar-se facilmente a alguma coisa. wild duck pato selvagem.
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    duck2
    [d∧k] n 1 mergulho. 2 súbita inclinação da cabeça ou do corpo, desvio da cabeça ou do corpo para não ser atingido ou visto. 3 reverência. • vt+vi 1 mergulhar, meter debaixo da água, retirar rapidamente. 2 abaixar, inclinar, desviar rapidamente a cabeca ou o corpo, esquivar-se, evitar. 3 fazer profunda reverência. 4 tirar o corpo fora, evadir-se. to duck out of esquivar-se de (responsabilidades). to make duck of, to play duck with dissipar, esbanjar, malbaratar, desperdiçar.
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    duck3
    [d∧k] n 1 pano grosso de linho ou de algodão de que se fazem velas, toldos, tendas, etc. 2 pl calças feitas do mesmo tecido.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > duck

  • 2 duck

    I verb
    1) (to push briefly under water: They splashed about, ducking each other in the pool.) dar caldo
    2) (to lower the head suddenly as if to avoid a blow: He ducked as the ball came at him.) esquivar-se
    II plurals - ducks, duck; noun
    1) (a kind of wild or domesticated water-bird with short legs and a broad flat beak.) pato
    2) (a female duck. See also drake.) pata
    3) (in cricket, a score of nil by a batsman: He was out for a duck.) duck
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    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > duck

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