dud

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dud /dʌd/ noun [countableC]

1 USELESSsomething that is useless, especially because it does not work correctly 无用的东西，废物

Several of the fireworks were duds.

烟火中有几个是哑炮。

2. duds [plural] informalDCC clothes 衣服

—dud adjectiveadj

a dud light bulb

坏灯泡

Examples from the Corpus

dud• Critics have labeled the new telescope a dud.• I've learnt about 60 I suppose overall and half of them are duds naughty words or words for something completely different.• Pauley's last performance was a major dud.• There were no duds among the three 1992 Piedmont wines I tried.• There are a couple of duds on Double Good Everything but there's also a sharper sense of purpose.• Even with the advantages of other income sources, studios depend on a few hits to pay for a large number of duds.

From Longman Business Dictionary

duddud /dʌd/ noun [countableC] informal

something that is useless or of bad quality, especially because it does not work correctly

The new system turned out to be a market dud.

—dud adjectiveadj

dud results from biotech companies

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