| 释义 |
berk; birk; burk; burke
noun
a fool UK, 1936
Almost certainly a reduction of the rhyming slang BERKSHIRE HUNTBERKELEY HUNTCUNTBERKELEYSTITThe boss was a “birk” (pain in the neck) who kept “rousting” (bawling out) the tentmen[.] — Butch Reynolds, Broken Hearted Clown, p. 31, 1953 I reckoned that the chinless berk was still safely tucked up in the bog. — John Peter Jones, Feather Pluckers, p. 37, 1964 “Bastard” and “bloody” are commonplace, but a lot of obscenity is slipped in with phrases like “stupid berk.” — Suzy Jarratt, Permissive Australia, p. 79, 1970 Barry you silly old burke, where are you scarpering off to. — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971 A man’s been a proper Burke all his life. — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 136, 1971 Kenny walked all over that racketland looking for a gun he could buy to shoot the elbows and kneecaps off of the berk who paid to have Matt done. — Emmett Grogan, Ringolevio, p. 203, 1972 [T]he berk should have got the hell out of there right away. — Johnny Speight, It Stands to Reason, p. 60, 1973 “[H]ow could you trust a man who’s stupid enough to trust these ponces, you could see it coming.” and Gerald says “Too fucking true, he was a berk.” — Ted Lewis, Jack Carter’s Law, p. 10, 1974 How come you’re involved with a burk like Altman? — Anthony Masters, Minder, p. 79, 1984 Is there any tea left, berk? — Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, The Royle Family, 1999 Burkes, I thought, and went to see the dancers rehearsing[.] — Jonathan Gash, The Ten Word Game, p. 226, 2003 |