Definition of "dodge" in 英语

verb

1. (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

   • He dodged traffic crossing the street.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.

   • The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply.

3. (transitive) To elude.

4. (archaic, ambitransitive) To go, or cause to go, hither and thither.

5. (photography, videography) To make an area of an image lighter (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by decreasing the exposure of that area to light).

6. (transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.

7. (ambitransitive, dated) To trick somebody.

noun

1. An act of dodging.

2. A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression tax dodge.)

3. (slang) A line of work.

adjective

1. (Australia, British, colloquial) Dodgy.