音标:['dikəp] ;
n.
[南非英语]
【鸟类】欧石[石科(Burhinidae)鸟]( = stone curlew或thick-knee)
【病理学】蓝舌病( = bluetongue)[亦作dickop,diccop]
短语:
play dikkop
[俚语]装死躺倒

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week marked Barack Obama's first month as president -- and his first major action as commander-in-chief. He approved seventeen thousand more troops for Afghanistan. The security situation is getting w

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 26 December 2006 Ethiopian troops Tuesday were heading towards the Somali capital as Islamist fighters retreated from the front line following Monday's bombing of two airports by Ethiopian forces. Ethiopian jets Tuesday als

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 22 November 2006 Reconstruction in central and southern Iraq has been hindered by the ongoing violence. But in northern Iraq's relatively calm Kurdistan region, some 2,000 South Korean troops are on a mission to help

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By Efam Dovi Accra 20 October 2006 Ghana has agreed to a U.N. request to contribute more troops to the peacekeeping force in Lebanon. The West African nation already has 700 soldiers serving in Southern Lebanon, where the security situation remains

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 28 June 2007 Energy-hungry India is looking to one of its most rugged and scenic regions to generate badly needed electricity. But plans to create a series of dams and hydroelectric plants along the Teesta River in Sikkim an

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By Paula Wolfson White House 29 May 2006 Americans are honoring their war dead on this Memorial Day holiday. President Bush spoke for the nation at a ceremony at the country's largest military cemetery. A lone military bugler saluted his fallen comr

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By Scott Stearns White House 17 February 2006 President Bush says peace in Sudan would help end attacks by Ugandan rebels based in southern Sudan. Mr. Bush also called for more troops to protect Sudan

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By Sonja Pace London 16 June 2008 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced he will send additional troops to Afghanistan to boost force levels in the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida supporters. VOA's Sonja Pace has details from London. B

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By Michael Bowman Washington 03 June 2006 A U.S. military investigation has concluded that U.S. troops did not intentionally kill innocent civilians in an Iraqi village. Two other incidents are still

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The Ant and the Dove An ant went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of drowning. A dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water plucked a leaf and let it fall into the strea

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By Benjamin Sand Kabul 14 March 2006 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper wrapped up a two-day visit to Afghanistan Tuesday. The newly elected Canadian leader told reporters that the foreign troops

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By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 03 April 2007 In February, U.S. and Iraqi troops began new security operations in Baghdad to bring spiraling sectarian violence under control. VOA's Margaret Besheer reports that in one district of the capital, joint U.S.

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 12 April 2007 Officials in the breakaway republic of Somaliland say their forces clashed with troops from the semi-autonomous Puntland region earlier this week over a disputed strip of desert that has been the source of violence

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By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 14 December 2006 A senior U.S. senator visiting Baghdad is calling for more American troops to help stem sectarian violence in Iraq. VOA's Margaret Besheer reports from the Iraqi capital. Sen. John McCain talks to reporte

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By Jim Randle Baghdad 18 January 2007 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says if Washington and Baghdad can do a better job of equipping Iraqi troops, there will be less need for multi-national soldiers in his country in a few months. VOA's Jim Ran

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