tuck

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n. 缝褶, 活力, 鼓声, 船尾突出部, 食品 vt. 打褶, 卷起, 挤进, 塞, 收藏 vi. 缝褶裥, 缩拢

发音

US /tʌk/
IE /tʊk/
其它 /tʊk/

词形变化

tucks 复数 tucked tucking tucks 三单 tucks tucking 现在分词 tucked 过去式 tucked 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

卷起;挤进;用某物舒适地裹住;使有褶裥;收拢;大口吃;使隐藏

动词

缝褶裥;缩拢;舒服地裹在里面;大口吃

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of keeping the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.

    可数 不可数 音乐
  2. 2.

    A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.

    可数 不可数 体育
  3. 3.

    The afterpart of a ship, immediately under the stern or counter, where the ends of the bottom planks are collected and terminate by the tuck-rail.

    可数 不可数 航海 交通
  4. 4.

    Food, especially snack food.

    印度 过时 不可数 可数
  5. 5.

    A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.

    可数 不可数 商务 工程
  6. 6.

    A curled position.

    可数 不可数
  7. 7.

    A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.

    可数 不可数 医学

    tummy tuck

  8. 8.

    An act of tucking; a pleat or fold.

    可数 不可数
  9. 1.

    A rapier, a sword.

    古体
  10. 1.

    The beat of a drum.

v.
  1. 1.

    To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).

    及物
  2. 2.

    To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe, or handy, or somewhat hidden.

    及物

    Tuck in your shirt. I tucked in the sheet. He tucked the $10 bill into his shirt pocket.

    She tucked her hair behind her ear.

  3. 3.

    To eat; to consume.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To fit neatly.

    The sofa tucks nicely into that corner.

    Kenwood House is tucked into a corner of Hampstead Heath.

  5. 5.

    To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.

    The diver tucked, flipped, and opened up at the last moment.

  6. 6.

    To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.

    to tuck a dress

  7. 7.

    To full, as cloth.

  8. 8.

    Of a drag queen, trans woman, etc., to conceal one's penis and testicles, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.

    及物/不及物

    Honey, have you tucked today? We don't wanna see anything nasty down there.

  9. 9.

    To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing piano keys that are outside the thumb (when playing scales).

    音乐
  10. 10.

    Ellipsis of Mach tuck.

    航空 商务 工程

    Never take a first-generation Learjet past Mach 0.82; it'll tuck hard nose-down and you won't be able to pull out from the dive.

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

From Middle English tuken, touken (“to torment, to stretch (cloth)”), from Old English tūcian (“to torment, vex”) and Middle Dutch tucken (“to tuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *teuh-, *teug- (“to draw, pull”) (compare also *tukkōną), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Akin to Old High German zucchen (“to snatch, tug”), zuchôn (“to jerk”), German Low German tuken (“to tug, pluck, grab and pull towards”), Old English tēon (“to draw, pull, train”). Doublet of touch.

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