dud

英 [dʌd]

美 [dʌd]

n.  不中用的东西; 废物; 衣裳
adj.  无用的; 不中用的; 出故障的

复数：duds　现在分词：dudding　

Collins.1 / BNC.33070 / COCA.16646

牛津词典

noun

• 不中用的东西；废物
  a thing that is useless, especially because it does not work correctly
  1. Two of the fireworks in the box were duds.
     盒子里的烟火有两个是点不着的废品。
• 衣裳
  clothes

adj.

• 无用的；不中用的；出故障的
  useless; that does not work correctly
  1. a dud battery
     废电池
  2. a dud cheque (= written by sb who has not enough money in their bank account)
     空头支票

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 不中用的;失灵的;出故障的
  Dudmeans not working properly or not successful.
  1. He replaced a dud valve.
     他换掉了坏阀门。
  2. Dudis also a noun.
     
  3. The mine was a dud.
     矿井废弃了。

英英释义

noun

• an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
  1. the first experiment was a real turkey
  2. the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned
  Synonym:turkeybomb
• an explosion that fails to occur
  Synonym:misfire
• someone who is unsuccessful
  Synonym:flopwashout

adj

• failing to detonate
  1. he stepped on a dud mine

双语例句

• And ironically, it's now your money that will be used to repay those dud mortgages because we on Wall Street are running out of money.
  具有讽刺意味的是，现在得用你们的钱来偿还那些问题抵押贷款了，因为我们华尔街没钱了。
• Rapidly rising bank lending inevitably creates more dud loans.
  快速上升的银行放贷，不可避免地会带来更多不良贷款。
• But Jobs likely knew he had a dud on his hands; consumers, for their part, hated it.
  乔布斯心里很清楚，他手里拿的是个哑弹，一个失败的产品，消费者肯定会憎恨这个东西。
• The new manager is a complete dud.
  新经理完全是个废物。
• Although the deal itself is a dud, it does have logic on its side.
  尽管这种待遇本身是一张空头支票，它的确有它的逻辑。
• They gave me a dud dollar bill.
  他们给了我一张面值一美元的***。
• We lit the firecracker and waited for it to go off, but it was a dud.
  我们点燃了炮竹然后等它爆炸，但是失败了。
• However, problems with dud mortgages may worsen as the economy slows.
  然而，随着经济放缓，劣质抵押贷款带来的问题可能会进一步恶化。
• Not one of the books she has written has been a dud.
  她写的书没有一本是有用的。
• One of the customers tried to pass off a dud cheque today.
  今天一个顾客试图混用失效支票。