duckling

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duck·ling /ˈdʌklɪŋ/ noun [countable]  HBBa young duck 小鸭，幼鸭

Examples from the Corpus

duckling• The Ahrens' 40 ducklings also died within a fortnight.• Sailed through college, picked up academic jargon like a duckling gobbles worms.• A duckling wants to swim; well there is such a thing as water.• Duck to the bar, ducklings panting to a seat.• An ugly duckling, like a printing press, was transformed into a well-behaved goose laying golden eggs.• It's certainly the ugly duckling of the era-until you get to drive one.• A long way south a plump caique thudded past towing a line of six little lamp-boats, like a mallard with ducklings.• Patrol officer Bob Edwards says heavy wash from cabin cruisers can kill young ducklings and harm other wildlife.

duck·ling nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus duck young a

duckling
duck‧ling /ˈdʌklɪŋ/ noun [countable]
a young duck

duck·lingBrE /ˈdʌklɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʌklɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] a young duck; the meat of a young duck 小鸭；幼鸭；小鸭肉  ➡  see also ugly duckling