Word · Frequency #12926
drake
公鸭
adult male of a wild or domestic duck
- 1.
A male duck (animal).
公鸭。
- 2.
beaked galley, or Viking warship
鸟喙形船首的桨帆船,或维京战船。
- 3.
a fiery meteor (variously known as fiery serpents and dragons in many cultures)
火流星(在许多文化中称为火蛇或龙)。
- 4.
mayfly
蜉蝣。
德雷克；公鸭。；鸟喙形船首的桨帆船,或维京战船。；火流星(在许多文化中称为火蛇或龙)。；蜉蝣。
In use
The drake swam across the pond with its mate.
We saw a colorful drake in the park near the lake.
On the farm, the farmer keeps one drake with every five ducks.
a drake
drake 指成年雄性鸭；母鸭或泛指通常用 duck。
A drake is swimming on the lake.
一只公鸭正在湖上游泳。
drakes
drakes 是规则的复数形式。
The drakes have bright green heads.
这些公鸭长着亮绿色的头。
Common mistakes
A mother drake is looking after her ducklings.A mother duck is looking after her ducklings.
drake 专指公鸭，不能用来指母鸭；句子中的 mother 和 her 都表明这是母鸭，所以要用 duck。
Connections
Collocations
- mallard drake
- 雄绿头鸭
- A mallard drake swam across the pond.一只雄绿头鸭游过池塘。
- drake and hen
- 公鸭和母鸭
- The drake and hen are usually easy to tell apart in spring.春天公鸭和母鸭通常很容易分辨。
- eclipse drake
- 处于非繁殖羽的雄鸭
- An eclipse drake can be mistaken for a female.处于非繁殖羽的雄鸭可能会被误认为是雌鸭。
- green drake
- 绿蜉蝣
- Trout were rising to a hatch of green drakes.鳟鱼浮上水面捕食新孵出的绿蜉蝣。
Idioms & figurative uses
- ducks and drakes
- 打水漂；挥霍浪费He played ducks and drakes with his inheritance.他把遗产挥霍一空。
Antonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 drake 拆成 d + rake（耙子）：想象一只公鸭用扁嘴像耙子一样梳理羽毛，记住 d 开头的 rake 就是公鸭。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：wildlife observation、farming、natural history writing 该词为中性词，通常用于指公鸭，多出现在动物学、农业或自然观察等语境；日常口语中较少用，人们常直接说 male duck。
Grammar Note
作“公鸭”讲时指雄性鸭；作人名指英国航海家德雷克，首字母大写。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the -ake spelling and are pronounced with the same /eɪk/ sound as drake, so they rhyme with it. Beware lookalikes such as drank /dræŋk/ and dark /dɑːrk/, which have different vowel sounds and do not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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