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be a doddle
doddle 用作单数时通常与 a 连用。
The exam was a doddle.
这次考试容易极了。
易如反掌的事；轻而易举的事
doddles — plural of doddle
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
易如反掌的事；轻而易举的事
an easy task
The exam was a doddle.
这次考试容易极了。
无角动物；无角牛
A hornless animal; a pollard or doddy.
The final exam was a doddle for Maria because she had studied so hard.
期末考试对玛丽亚来说易如反掌，因为她学习非常努力。
After years of practice, fixing this old computer is a doddle for Jake.
经过多年的练习，修好这台旧电脑对杰克来说是小菜一碟。
The new recipe looked complicated, but in fact it was a doddle to make.
新食谱看起来复杂，但实际上做起来非常容易。
doddle 用作单数时通常与 a 连用。
The exam was a doddle.
这次考试容易极了。
it 是形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式。
It's a doddle to set up the tent.
搭这个帐篷简直不费吹灰之力。
for 后接人，表示“对某人来说很容易”。
Cooking is a doddle for her.
做饭对她来说是小菜一碟。
Not this
The test was doddle.
Use this
The test was a doddle.
doddle 是可数名词，表示“轻而易举的事”，前面需要冠词，所以要说 a doddle。
Not this
The exam was a doodle.
Use this
The exam was a doddle.
doodle 意为“涂鸦”，而 doddle 才表示“易如反掌的事”，注意拼写区别。
Not this
This job is very doddle.
Use this
This job is a doddle.
doddle 是名词，不是形容词，不能用 very 修饰；作表语时要用 a doddle。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
是轻而易举的事
The test was a doddle.
那次考试易如反掌。
这太容易了
Don't worry, it's a doddle.
别担心，这太容易了。
用起来非常简单
The new software is a doddle to use.
这个新软件用起来非常简单。
看上去轻而易举
The task looks a doddle, but it took me hours.
这项任务看上去轻而易举，却花了我几个小时。
绝对轻松的事
Fixing the bike was an absolute doddle.
修好这辆自行车绝对是件轻松的事。
Use doddles naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
doddle以do开头，做事像儿戏，易如反掌。
语域：informal 常见场景：英式口语、日常对话 doddle 通常用于英式英语的非正式口语，表示很容易完成的事情；在正式写作中较少出现。
与 doddle /ˈdɒd.əl/ 真正押韵的是 coddle、toddle、waddle、model（注意 waddle 拼作 addle，model 拼作 odel，但发音都含 /ɒd.əl/，美式读 /ɑːd.əl/）。doodle 和 poodle 虽拼写相近，但读 /ˈduː.dəl/、/ˈpuː.dəl/，元音为长 /uː/，并不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.