【canard】 - A-level备考词汇

canard

UK:  ['kænɑː(r)d]

US:  [kə'nɑrd]

复数：canards  

n.

1.鸭式简图

2.〔空〕鸭式

3.谣言,误传

4.【烹】鸭

5.【航空】前置安定面飞机;前置安定面

1 . Asked about the charge of foreign meddling, State Department Spokesman McCormack called it a "canard. "
国务院发言人麦科马克在谈到有关外国干涉的指控时说，这是一个“毫无根据的指责”。

2 . Lillian was a young French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community of River Canard, Ontario.
莉莲是个年轻的法裔加拿大女孩，在安大略省加纳德河畔的农业社区中长大。

3 . The enemy of the president canard to destroy his prestige gradually.
总统的敌人在散步谣言以逐渐破坏他的威信。

4 . That was a delta wing, so the canard is not used for primary pitch control.
那是三角翼，鸭翼没有用于主要的变距控制。

5 . The canard that they communicate exclusively in Stalinist or postmodernist jargon is decades out of date.
说他们交流时只用斯大林主义或后现代主义术语的谣言早在几十年前就已经过时。