dud
英 [dʌd]
美 [dʌd]
n. 不中用的东西; 废物; 衣裳
adj. 无用的; 不中用的; 出故障的
Collins.1 / BNC.33070 / COCA.16646
牛津词典
noun
- 不中用的东西；废物
a thing that is useless, especially because it does not work correctly- Two of the fireworks in the box were duds.
盒子里的烟火有两个是点不着的废品。
- Two of the fireworks in the box were duds.
- 衣裳
clothes
adj.
- 无用的；不中用的；出故障的
useless; that does not work correctly- a dud battery
废电池 - a dud cheque (= written by sb who has not enough money in their bank account)
空头支票
- a dud battery
柯林斯词典
- ADJ 不中用的;失灵的;出故障的
Dudmeans not working properly or not successful.- He replaced a dud valve.
他换掉了坏阀门。 - Dudis also a noun.
- The mine was a dud.
矿井废弃了。
- He replaced a dud valve.
英英释义
noun
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
- the first experiment was a real turkey
- the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned
- an explosion that fails to occur
- someone who is unsuccessful
adj
- failing to detonate
- he stepped on a dud mine
双语例句
- With Chrysler's market share in a death spiral, Fiat will finally grasp that this dud is exactly that-a dud.
眼见克莱斯勒的市场份额呈现死亡式螺旋下降，菲亚特会最终认识到这个不中用的公司还真就是不中用了。 - Although the deal itself is a dud, it does have logic on its side.
尽管这种待遇本身是一张空头支票，它的确有它的逻辑。 - He'd stepped on a dud mine.
他踩在一枚哑雷上。 - And ironically, it's now your money that will be used to repay those dud mortgages because we on Wall Street are running out of money.
具有讽刺意味的是，现在得用你们的钱来偿还那些问题抵押贷款了，因为我们华尔街没钱了。 - This bullet is a dud.
这颗子弹臭了。 - Rapidly rising bank lending inevitably creates more dud loans.
快速上升的银行放贷，不可避免地会带来更多不良贷款。 - People predicted that by week's end Obama would either be a major star or a major dud.
有人预测，本周末奥巴马要么是个明星要么是个哑弹。 - They gave me a dud dollar bill.
他们给了我一张面值一美元的假钞。 - The defining characteristic of a true dud is that he or she resists improvement staunchly.
真正的庸才最典型的特点是：他（或她）会坚决抵制进步。 - There is something distinguished about being such a spectacular dud on social networks.
成为这样一个与众不同的社交网络废物，也是一番成就。