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Florentijn Hofman's Rubber Duck

 

Rubber Duck 黃小鴨

例子：The 16.5-metre tall Rubber Duck is an inflatable duck and is now sitting on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront海面.

 

inflatable (adj) 充氣的

例子：I’m always dreaming of relaxing myself by enjoying the sunshine while lying on an inflatable boat. 

inflate (v.) 充氣

例子：It took the Rubber Duck team several hours to inflate the Duck.

inflate (v.) 自視過高

例子：The success has further inflated his self-confidence.

inflate (v.) 物價上漲

例子：Airlines often inflate prices at particular times of the year.

inflation (n.) 通貨膨脹

例子：Hong Kong is one of the many places in the world with high inflation.

 

make a splash一股熱潮

例子：Bathing in the Victoria bathtub and at the same time enjoying the Hong Kong’s signature skyscraper skyline, the Rubber Duck is making a splash in Hong Kong.

 

充滿詩意的一段形容，在維港自在浸浴的黃小鴨彷彿就在目前。可是，bathe 和 bath 的分別，不可不察！

 

bathe (v.) 浸浴

例子：I bathed, washed my hair, and got dressed.

sunbathe (v.) 日光浴

例子：I want to do more sunbathing this summer and get suntanned. 

bath (n.) 沐浴   

例子：It’s so relaxing to take a bath after working for a whole day.

 

make a splash = create/cause a stir 造成一股熱潮

在平靜的水面濺起水花，跟在平凡裡造成熱潮同理，不是嗎？

 

例子：The Rubber Duck has created a stir in Hong Kong.   

 

enormous duck巨鴨

例子：The enormous duck aims to put a smile on people’s face.

 

只會用big，心有不甘？以下的形容詞都有大／龐大之意，記下來吧！

 

• enormous
• large
• huge
• giant
• gigantic
• colossal

 

flock 成群結隊

(verb 動詞)

 

你可以想像一大群綿羊一隻緊挨另一隻湧向一處的景象嗎？英文裡一群羊是 a flock of sheep，如果把flock當動詞用，就是聯群結隊的意思。

 

例子：Thousands of people have been flocking for a glimpse of the Rubber Duck.

 

 

a dead duck 註定失敗的計劃

例子：They say that the new supermarket is going to be a dead duck because there is no demand for one in this area.

 

a lame duck 跛腳鴨, 處境艱難的人

例子：My uncle is a bit of a lame duck. The family has to help him all the time.

 

a sitting duck 易受攻擊的人  

例子：Be strong! Don’t be a sitting duck anymore.    

 

take to something like a duck to water 自然地, 毫無困難地

例子：The children like living in their new house. They have taken to it like ducks to water.

 

like water off a duck’s back 耳邊風

例子：His book got bad reviews, but it was all like water off a duck’s back.

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