duck

/dʌk/

意味: アヒル、かがむ

例文: Momo ducked under flying donuts.
　　  モモが飛んできたドーナツをよけた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: rubber duck(ゴムのアヒル), duck pond(アヒルの池), duck feathers(アヒルの羽)

定義: アヒルは水鳥の一種で、短い首と平らなくちばしを持っています。水の上を泳ぐのが得意で、よく池や川に住んでいます。アヒルは食用としても飼育され、卵や肉が利用されます。また、アヒルの羽は枕や布団の中身としても使われます。

duckは約60,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Noun: (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
Noun: flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
Noun: a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
Verb: to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
Verb: submerge or plunge suddenly
Verb: dip into a liquid
Verb: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The duck waddled across the path, searching for scraps.(アヒルが道をよちよち歩きながら、食べ物を探している。)
Look at that cute duck swimming in the pond!(あのかわいいアヒルが池で泳いでいる！)
In the tranquil park, a solitary duck glided gracefully over the water.(静かな公園で、一羽のアヒルが優雅に水面を滑っている。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: Before he could duck, another stone struck him
Verb: He dipped into the pool
Verb: He dodged the issue
Verb: she skirted the problem
Verb: They tend to evade their responsibilities
Verb: he evaded the questions skillfully

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): circumvent, dip, dodge, douse, duck, duck’s egg, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): anseriform bird, avoid, dive, dunk, fabric, move, poultry, score

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): aba, acrylic, aertex, alpaca, arouse, assume, baize, baseball score, basket weave, basketball score, batik, batiste, beat, belting, birdie, bob, bogey, bolt, bombazine, boucle, bowling score, broadcloth, brocade, brush, buck, buckram, bunting, bustle, bypass, calico, cambric, camel’s hair, camlet, camouflage, canopy, cant, canvas, careen, cashmere, cerecloth, challis, chambray, chenille, chicken, chiffon, chino, chintz, chop, churn, chute, climb, close, coating, cobweb, cord, cotton, cotton flannel, crash, crash-dive, crepe, cretonne, crinoline, cut, cut to, dabble, damask, dance, deficit, denim, diamante, diaper, dimity, dip, diverge, dodge, doeskin, double eagle, double-bogey, drapery, drop back, duck, duffel, eagle, elastic, etamine, exit, faille, falter, felt, fiber, fidget, flannel, flannelette, fleece, flex, flinch, fling, flip, flow, flurry, fly, football score, foulard, frieze, fustian, gabardine, game, georgette, get down, get off, gingham, goose, grab, gravitate, grogram, grosgrain, guinea hen, haircloth, heave, hedge, herringbone, hit the dirt, homespun, hop, hop on, hopsacking, horsehair, jaconet, jacquard, jerk, jolt, jump, keep off, khadi, khaki, knit, lace, lame, lead, leatherette, linen, linger, linsey-woolsey, lint, lisle, list, love, lunge, lurch, mackinaw, mackintosh, madras, make way, marseille, match, metallic, mill, miss, mohair, moire, moleskin, monk’s cloth, mope, moquette, moreen, motley, mousseline de sole, move back and forth, move involuntarily, move over, muslin, nankeen, net, ninon, nod, nosedive, nylon, oilcloth, olive drab, organza, paisley, panting, par, pepper-and-salt, percale, permanent press, piece of cloth, pilot cloth, pina cloth, pinstripe, pique, plush, polyester, pongee, poplin, power-dive, print, pulsate, putter, quicken, quilting, rayon, reach, reciprocate, rep, rock cornish hen, roll, run, sackcloth, sacking, sailcloth, samite, sateen, satin, satinet, screening, scrim, seersucker, seesaw, separate, serge, shag, shake, shantung, sharkskin, sheeting, shirk, shirting, shirttail, shun, shy away from, sidle, silesia, silk, slip, snap, sop, spandex, sponge cloth, spread, squab, stammel, startle, steal, stir, streak, stretch, strike out, stroke, stumble, suede cloth, suiting, swan’s down, sweep, swoop, taffeta, tammy, tapa, tapestry, tartan, teeter, terry, throw, thunder, ticking, toweling, turkey, turn, tweed, twill, upholstery material, velcro, velour, velvet, velveteen, vibrate, vicuna, viyella, voile, wallow, wamble, wash-and-wear, waterproof, web, webbing, whipcord, whirl, wincey, wire cloth, wobble, wool, worsted, writhe, yoke

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): beg, black duck, bufflehead, canvasback, dabbling duck, diving duck, drake, duckling, goldeneye, mallard, mandarin duck, muscovy duck, pintail, pochard, quack-quack, quibble, redhead, ruddy duck, scaup, sea duck, sheldrake, shoveler, teal, widgeon, wild duck, wood duck

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: circumvention, dip, dodge, dodger, dodging, ducking, duckling, evasion, hedge, hedger, hedging

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: science

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, Frozen

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: