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单词 dud
释义
dud
noun[C]
informal
uk
/dʌd/us
/dʌd/
something that has novalueor that does notwork:
没用的东西，废品
Are there any morebatteries? This one's a dud.还有没有电池？这个电池用完了。
He's made elevenmoviesin the last 20yearsand not one has been a dud.在过去的20年里他一共拍了11部电影，每一部都是精品。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
someone or something that is not successful
  • failureThe shuttle launch was a complete failure.
  • successThe operation was a success.
  • turkeyI really wanted to like it, but that show ended up being a real turkey.
  • clunkerUSThat pitch was a real clunker.
  • bombUSHis website was one of the biggest dotcom bombs in the history of the internet.
  • dudMy charger doesn't work - I think I've got a dud.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Failures
  • another/the final nail in the coffinidiom
  • bloodbath
  • brain freeze
  • breakdown
  • busted flush
  • car crash
  • foul(something)up
  • freefall
  • game overidiom
  • hash
  • lemon
  • lost cause
  • lulu
  • mess
  • nail
  • slim pickings
  • slush pile
  • track record
  • train wreck
  • turkey
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dud
adjective
informal
uk
/dʌd/us
/dʌd/
notworkingor not having anyvalue:
没用的，无价值的
Acustomerhadtriedtopaywith a dudcheque(= one for which abankwill not givemoney).有个顾客想用一张假支票蒙混过关。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Useless and futile
  • a mug's gameidiom
  • adrift
  • aimless
  • aimlessly
  • aimlessness
  • airy-fairy
  • frivolousness
  • fruitless
  • fruitlessly
  • fruitlessness
  • futile
  • motiveless
  • negate
  • negation
  • no goodidiom
  • unfruitful
  • unrealistic
  • unrealistically
  • untilyou areblue in the faceidiom
  • unviability
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(Definition ofdudfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

dud| American Dictionary

dud
noun[C]
us
/dʌd/
something that is notsuccessfulor is of littlevalue:
Themovieturnedout to be a dud.
(Definition ofdudfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

dud| Business English

dud
noun[C]
uk
/dʌd/us
something that is of novalueor that does notwork:
So what makes a goodinvestmentand what makes a dud?
Fiveyearsago Iboughtadishwasherthatprovedto be a dud from thestart.
dud
adjective[before noun]
uk
/dʌd/us
of no use orvalue:
Thebankaccepted62centson thedollarto get the dudloansoffitsbooks.
(Definition ofdudfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdud

dud
I think she is dressed like adud; can't say how she would look in the costume of the present century.
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Now suppose we are given input /dud/ and output [dut].
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It is not always the case that an officer who has been bouncing "dud" cheques can be charged with an offence under ordinary law.
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Cashiering is frequently incurred for nothing more serious than passing adudcheque.
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I have a tape recorder which uses mercury batteries and there were two "dud" batteries lying on the desk.
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I do not want it to go out among the teaching profession that only the duds, the second-class, must go into the primary schools.
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Compulsion on top of a pathetic basic pension that only brings people up to a means test is aduddeal.
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Even the major security companies are robbed, and one may get adudoutfit among the smaller firms.
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They voted for nationalisation on adudprospectus, and having voted for it, they now have to suffer.
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Duds who go to public schools, when they leave their public schools, are insulated from the cold winds that blow in industry and elsewhere.
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Is it a case of palming of "dud" machines on to these nations?
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That very often consisted of passingdudcheques, though sometimes it was other things.
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Without question, the measure is necessary for the very good reason that the present system for calculating increases is adud.
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Of course, we have some duds in the train of investment grants.
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He had gone in with 200dud, used needles and was given 200 new ones.
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