drake
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++drake /dreɪk/ noun [countable] HBAa male duck 公鸭 → ducks and drakes
Examples from the Corpus
drake• Mainly silent, but drake has low descending whistle, ending in a trill: and duck a harsh croak.• Crested drake has strikingly variegated plumage, with conspicuous orange-chestnut wing-fans and side-whiskers.• Bill of drake blackish, of duck greyish.• Plumage of drakes predominantly black, of ducks mainly brown; tail short, pointed.• Black head and neck separate drake from similarly patterned drake Pochard.• Many duck species are polygamous, with the drakes having no role in rearing the families.• The drake is smart rather than spectacular in appearance.Origin drake (1200-1300) From an ancient Germanic word related to German enterich “male duck”drake nounChinese
a male duck Corpus
Drake
Drake, Sir Francis
(1540–96) an English sailor and explorer, who was the first Englishman to sail around the world, and was one of the leaders of the English navy when it defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588. There is a story that Drake was very calm when he was first told that the ships of the Spanish Armada were coming, and completed the game of BOWLS that he was playing before leaving to fight.
Drake, Sir Francis
(1540–96) an English sailor and explorer, who was the first Englishman to sail around the world, and was one of the leaders of the English navy when it defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588. There is a story that Drake was very calm when he was first told that the ships of the Spanish Armada were coming, and completed the game of BOWLS that he was playing before leaving to fight.
drake
drake /dreɪk/ noun [countable]
⇨ ducks and drakes
drake /dreɪk/
noun [countable] Date: 1200-1300
Origin: From an ancient Germanic word related to German enterich 'male duck'
a male duckOrigin: From an ancient Germanic word related to German enterich 'male duck'
⇨ ducks and drakes