ducks and drakes

美 [ˌdʌks ən ˈdreɪks]英 [ˌdʌks ən ˈdreɪks]
  • n.打水漂(游戏)
ducks and drakesducks and drakes

noun

U打水漂(游戏)
a game in which you make flat stones bounce across the surface of water

noun

1
a game in which a flat stone is bounced along the surface of calm water

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  1. I stood watching him play ducks and drakes .

    我站着看他打水漂游戏。

  2. Don 't play ducks and drakes with your money .

    不要拿钱去打水漂。

  3. He had made ducks and drakes of all his father 's property .

    他把父亲的财产挥霍光了。

  4. You have no right to play ducks and drakes with money that from your parents .

    你没有权利挥霍父母的钱。

  5. We can 't go on playing ducks and drakes with the company 's prosperity .

    我们不能继续拿公司的前途当儿戏了。

  6. Because his foolishness is playing ducks and drakes with our plan .

    还不是因为他的愚蠢使得我们的计划出现了麻烦。

  7. He played ducks and drakes and soon blew up all his wad .

    他挥金如土,很快就花光了所有的钱。

  8. Having played ducks and drakes with his own money , he wanted to play the same silly game with mine .

    他把自己的钱挥霍完以后,又要拿我的钱去干那些傻行当。

  9. The Narcissus ran on board of her . In ducks and drakes , it seems , size matters .

    水仙号与该船相撞。在公鸭或是母鸭之间,看起来就是型号的问题。

  10. If we go on making ducks and drakes with the natural resources on earth , we 'll soon have to pay for our irresponsible actions .

    如果我们再这样滥用地球上的自然资源,很快我们就要自食恶果。