释义 |
esky noun a portable cooler for food and drink in the form of an insulated oblong box with a flat lid AUSTRALIA, 1953 Proprietary name; from “eskimo” with a “-y” suffix. A quintessential item of Australian suburban life.- Every esky full of Bulimba Gold Top. — John O’Grady, Aussie Etiket, p. 9, 1971
- He spent four hours at the Rose Bay wharf one night catching yellowtail and putting them in a huge Esky. — Bob Staines, Wot a Whopper, p. 19, 1982
- [T]he only running the Dag has ever done is to the Esky during commercial breaks. — Ignatius Jones, True Hip, p. 32, 1990
- Mick set up two deck chairs in front of the car, just behind the boundary line. He struggled by with an enormous esky. — Phillip Gwynne, Deadly Unna?, p. 96, 1998
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