Word · Frequency #22359
dodgers
躲闪者；蒙骗者；推托者
dodgers is the plural of dodger.
a shifty deceptive person
- 1.
Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
快速躲避某物的人
- 2.
A member of the Dodgers US professional baseball team, either before or after they moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
美国职业棒球队道奇队的成员(无论从布鲁克林迁至洛杉矶前后)。
- 3.
A person full of tricks or street smarts.
充满诡计或街头智慧的人
- 4.
A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.
帆船升降口上由框架支撑的帆布篷,为甲板船员提供船体溅起的浪花的部分遮挡
快速躲避某物的人；美国职业棒球队道奇队的成员(无论从布鲁克林迁至洛杉矶前后)。；充满诡计或街头智慧的人；帆船升降口上由框架支撑的帆布篷,为甲板船员提供船体溅起的浪花的部分遮挡；躲闪者
In use
That salesman is a real dodger, so read the contract carefully before signing.
The city is trying to track down dodgers who refuse to pay their parking fines.
Stop being such a dodger and tell me the truth about what happened.
a dodger
常用于指逃避责任或义务的人。
He is a known dodger.
他是一个出了名的躲避者。
dodger of sth
后接名词短语，表示躲避的对象。
She is a dodger of difficult questions.
她是一个回避难题的人。
Common mistakes
He dodger the question.He dodged the question.
Connections
Collocations
- draft dodger
- 逃避兵役者
- During the Vietnam War, many draft dodgers fled to Canada.越战期间，许多逃避兵役者逃往加拿大。
- tax dodger
- 逃税者
- The government has promised to take action against tax dodgers.政府承诺将对逃税者采取行动。
- artful dodger
- 狡猾的躲闪者；老滑头
- The reporter found it hard to get a straight answer from the artful dodger.记者发现很难从那个老滑头那里得到直接的回答。
- spray dodger
- 防浪篷
- Before setting sail, we fitted a spray dodger to keep the crew dry.出海前，我们安装了防浪篷以保持船员干爽。
Idioms & figurative uses
- draft dodger
- 躲避兵役的人；逃兵役者During the Vietnam War, many draft dodgers fled to Canada.越南战争期间，许多逃兵役者逃往加拿大。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
由 dodge（躲避）加 -r 联想：球飞来，快速闪身躲开的人就是 dodger。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：everyday conversation、news reporting、political or social commentary dodger 表示“躲避者、逃避者”时多用于非正式语境，日常口语和新闻报道中比较常见，常与 tax、draft 等词构成复合词，带有“回避责任或义务”的意味。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No exact rhyme with /ˈdɔdʒə/ appears in this list; lodger, codger, and roger share the final /dʒə/ and match the stressed vowel when that vowel is /ɒ/ (a common alternative to /ɔ/). Lookalike spellings: badger has /æ/, edger has /e/, and soldier has a silent 'l' and is pronounced /soʊldʒər/.
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