| 单词 | sitting duck |
| 释义 | > as lemmassitting duck sitting duck originally Military an easy target; a person who or thing that is defenceless against an attack or other danger.Quot. 1938 shows use as part of an explicit metaphor. ΚΠ 1938 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 13 June 7/1 Schmeling would not be going into the ring unless he was absolutely convinced of the outcome. He thinks It will be like shooting a sitting duck.] 1942 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 22 Aug. 3/4 The enemy tank runs into..triangular and rectangular ‘cribs’ which stop it and make it a sitting duck for defensive sharpshooters. 1948 Harper's Mag. Apr. 290/2 Ever since Sinclair Lewis gave the first lessons in marksmanship, men of the Senator's type have been sitting ducks for the opposition. 1954 J. Blish in If; Worlds Sci. Fiction No. 4. 38/2 You're a sitting duck for a real infection if you abuse your time during convalescence. 2004 C. Cobb Ego & Ink xv. 175 I was a sitting duck for guys who were in a rejectionist mode about what had gone on..before. < as lemmas |
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