duds

英 [dʌdz]

美 [dʌdz]

n.  不中用的东西; 废物; 衣裳
dud的复数

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

• informal terms for clothing
  Synonym:togsthreads

双语例句

• The third option is to muddle through, shedding a few duds and tolerating the rest.
  第三种选择是得过且过，裁掉几个庸才，容忍其他的。
• Hitherto, Malaysian companies have had a remarkable record of picking duds when they buy foreign firms.
  迄今为之，马来西亚的公司在收购外国公司上拥有着一个值得注意的记录：选中垃圾公司。
• The first is to try, through training and a mixture of stick and carrot, to convert duds into non-duds.
  首先是尝试通过培训以及“大棒和胡萝卜”相结合的政策，让这些庸才发生改变。
• One quick way to change your duds: invite friends over for a closet swap, to which everyone brings a few items they want to trade.
  一个迅速改变衣服的方法：邀请你的朋友参加一个衣服交换活动，每个人都带一些各自象交换的衣服。
• All those clever, competitive people in a hothouse together without a few duds to discourage them from inventing derivatives so complicated that no one could understand them.
  所有那些聪敏的、有竞争力的人都聚在一个温室，但没有几个“庸才”来阻止这些人发明如此复杂、无人能够参透的金融衍生品。
• Of the many bombs that were found, several turned out to be duds.
  在所发现的许多炸弹中，有一些已失效。
• The list is a depressingly long one. They all seemed like sensible ideas at the time, although with hindsight they were obvious duds.
  这个单子长得让人压抑，它们当时看起来似乎都是明智的点子，但回想起来就觉得毫无新意。
• The women took slightly longer than the men to react to jokes that were funny-but were quicker to spot duds.
  但男性的情况却不同，他们似乎从最开始就对卡通画的趣味性抱有很大期待。女性对有趣的笑话的反应时间比男性略长，但却能更快识破冷笑话。
• I finished first, so I made one for you, duds.
  我是第一个完成的，所以帮你也做了一个，达斯。
• "I'll just take my field duds out to the truck and bring in the gear for a little cleaning."
  “我现在把野我穿的脏衣服拿到车里去，然后把那些家伙拿进来擦擦干净。”