There are many drakes and ducks on the lake. 湖里有许多鸭子。
Drake sailed round the world. 德雷克扬帆环游世界.
Drake passed through college without learning much. 德雷克念完了大学,没有学到多少东西。
drake
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English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
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adult male of a wild or domestic duck
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Drake \Drake\ (dr[=a]k), n. [Akin to LG. drake, OHG. antrache, anetrecho, G. enterich, Icel. andriki, Dan. andrik, OSw. andrak, andrage, masc., and fr. AS. ened, fem., duck; akin to D. eend, G. ente, Icel. ["o]nd, Dan. and, Sw. and, Lith. antis, L. anas, Gr. ? (for ?), and perh. Skr. [=a]ti a water fowl. [root]207. In English the first part of the word was lost. The ending is akin to E. rich. Cf. {Gulaund}.] 1. The male of the duck kind.
2. [Cf. Dragon fly, under {Dragon}.] The drake fly.
The drake will mount steeple height into the air. --Walton.
{Drake fly}, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling.
The dark drake fly, good in August. --Walton.
Drake \Drake\, n. [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See {Dragon}.] 1. A dragon. [Obs.]
Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. --J. A. Harrison (Beowulf).
2. A small piece of artillery. [Obs.]
Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger. --Clarendon.
Drake \Drake\, n. [Cf. F. dravik, W. drewg, darnel, cockle, etc.] Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also {drawk}, {dravick}, and {drank}. [Prov. Eng.] --Dr. Prior.