drake
A male duckA male duck (bird).
» Drake earns his living by working for the lawyer.
Значення
значень: 8A male duck (bird).
Erpel, Enterich, Entenmännchen
се́лезеньsélezenʹ
ка́чурkáčur
adult male of a wild or domestic duck
(поетичне)Dragon
Drache
Dragon
(поетичне)Lesser draconic creature
Beaked galley, or Viking warship
(історичне)Small piece of artillery
A fiery meteor (variously known as fiery serpents and dragons in many cultures)
(архаїчне)Mayfly
Mayfly
(архаїчне)A mayfly used as fishing bait
Приклади
речень: 8Drake earns his living by working for the lawyer.
The duck laid three eggs, out of which there came one morning two little fluffy ducklings and a little ugly drake.
deDie Ente legte drei Eier, woraus eines Morgens zwei flauschige kleine Entlein und ein hässlicher kleiner Drache schlüpften. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Nick Drake was an English musician.
deNick Drake war ein englischer Musiker. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Perry decided to gain information from Drake.
Pink Moon was Nick Drake's final album.
de„Pink Moon“ („Rosaroter Mond“) war das letzte Album von Nick Drake. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Походження
From Middle English drake (“male duck, drake”), either from Old English *draca, *andraca (From Middle English drake (“male duck, drake”), either from Old English *draca, *andraca (“male duck, drake”) or from Middle Low German drâke, andrâke, from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“drake”, literally “duck leader”). Cognate with Low German drake (“drake”), Dutch draak (“drake”), German Enterich (“drake”). More at annet.
From Middle English drake (“dragon; Satan”), from Old English draca (“dragon, sea monster, huge serpent”), from Proto-West Germanic *drakō (“dragon”), from Latin dracō (“dragon”), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, giant seafish”), from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see clearly”). Compare Middle Dutch drake and German Drache. Doublet of dragon.
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множина: drakesСиноніми
синонімів: 5- English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596):Francis DrakeSir Francis Drake