a dud
指失败或无用的东西。
The fireworks were a dud.
烟花是个哑弹。
无用的;失败的;无效的。;无用的
failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive
无用的;失败的;无效的。
Useless; failing; ineffective.
The dud firework didn't explode, so the children were disappointed.
这个哑火的烟花没有爆炸,所以孩子们很失望。
用法提示:dud作前置形容词修饰firework,表示烟花未能引爆。
Farmers often find dud shells in their fields after the war ended.
战争结束后,农民们经常在田里发现未爆的炮弹。
用法提示:dud作定语修饰shells,指未爆炸的炮弹。
The bomb disposal robot picked up the dud bomb and moved it to a safe place.
拆弹机器人把那枚未爆炸的炸弹搬到安全的地方。
用法提示:dud同样修饰bomb,表示炸弹未引爆,此处作定语。
指失败或无用的东西。
The fireworks were a dud.
烟花是个哑弹。
dud作形容词,表示不成功的或无效的。
He told a dud joke.
他讲了个不成功的笑话。
duds是非正式用语,指衣服,尤指特定场合穿的。
He was wearing his best duds.
他穿着他最好的衣服。
grammar · medium
易错句子The movie was dud.
正确表达The movie was a dud.
dud 作名词时可数,需要冠词或复数形式;此处意为“失败的事物”,应用不定冠词 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子These fireworks are dud.
正确表达These fireworks are duds.
主语是复数,谓语应用复数名词 duds 表示“多个哑弹”或“多个无用物”。
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