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

复数：duds　现在分词：dudding　

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
  1. 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。
• 衣裳
  clothes

adj.

• 无用的；不中用的；出故障的
  useless; that does not work correctly
  1. a dud battery
     废电池
  2. a dud cheque (= written by sb who has not enough money in their bank account)
     空头支票

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 不中用的;失灵的;出故障的
  Dudmeans not working properly or not successful.
  1. He replaced a dud valve.
     他换掉了坏阀门。
  2. Dudis also a noun.
     
  3. The mine was a dud.
     矿井废弃了。

英英释义

noun

• an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
  1. the first experiment was a real turkey
  2. the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned
  Synonym:turkeybomb
• an explosion that fails to occur
  Synonym:misfire
• someone who is unsuccessful
  Synonym:flopwashout

adj

• failing to detonate
  1. he stepped on a dud mine

双语例句

• I was married to dud rogers.
  我和达德罗杰斯结婚了。
• Not one of the books she has written has been a dud.
  她写的书没有一本是有用的。
• I had discovered that the grenade was a dud.
  我发现那颗手榴弹已不管用。
• The new manager is a complete dud.
  新经理完全是个废物。
• But Jobs likely knew he had a dud on his hands; consumers, for their part, hated it.
  乔布斯心里很清楚，他手里拿的是个哑弹，一个失败的产品，消费者肯定会憎恨这个东西。
• 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。
• Better still, only a small portion of these loans are dud.
  更好的是，这些贷款中只有一小部分是不良贷款。
• However, several said that the seismic data suggested the explosion was significantly smaller than would have been expected from a plutonium bomb and could have been a dud.
  不过，其中多人表示，地震数据显示，此次爆炸的威力要远远小于钚弹爆炸的威力，有可能是个哑弹。
• 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。
• He replaced a dud valve.
  他换掉了坏阀门。