| 词组 | dink |
| 释义 | DINK and dink Theme: COUPLE n. “double income, no kids”; a (young) married couple with two incomes and no children. (Acronym.)The whole neighborhood is populated by dinks. Not a single child on the block.Most dinks are young. Older couples whose children are grown up are just called old. dink 1. adjective genuine; true; honest. Anbreviation of DINKUM AUSTRALIA, 1980 2. noun 1 a person from South Asia; especially, in later use, a Vietnamese person. Possibly Australian rhyming slang, formed on CHINK (a Chinese person). It was adopted by the US military in Vietnam in 1967 AUSTRALIA, 1938. 2 a partner in a relationship that can be defined as 'double (or dual) income, no kids', that is a couple with two jobs and no children; or as an adjective applied to the couple. An acronym US, 1987. 3 a clueless, unaware person US, 1962. 4 the penis US, 1888. 5 in volleyball, a tap of the ball after a faked hitting of the ball downward with great force US, 1972. 6 a lift on a bicycle or, formerly, a horse AUSTRALIA, 1934 3. verb to give someone a lift on a bicycle or, formerly, a horse. British dialect had dink (to dangle a baby) and this may be the origin, but it is hardly conclusive AUSTRALIA, 1932 dink around dink around AmE informal to waste time, especially by doing small, unimportant jobs slowly: Quit dinking around and get to work! What am I doing here, dinking around with my friends, instead of working on my campaign?■ SIMILAR TO: futz around AmE informal, diddle around AmE informal dink offslang To cause one to become angry. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dink" and "off." Please calm down, I didn't mean to dink you off. I'm so dinked off by this situation—it's amazing that I haven't screamed at the whole staff today. rinky-dinkInsignificant or subpar. This rinky-dink old house needs a lot of renovations. I can't wait to get out of this rinky-dinky town and live in the big city. dink someone offSl. to make someone angry. Whatever you do, don't dink her off! Why did you have to start out your speech by dinking off the entire audience? dink1. n. a person of East Asian (including Japanese) nationality or decent; originally a person of Chinese nationality or descent. (Much used during the Vietnam War for the Vietnamese. Rude and derogatory.) He said he fought against dinks in the war. 2. n. n. the penis, especially a small one. (Usually objectionable.) God, Fred, you really got a dink. Is it full grown yet? 3. and DINK n. double income, no kids; a (young) married couple with two incomes and no children. (Acronym.) The whole neighborhood is populated by dinks. Not a single child on the block. DINKverbSee dink dink someone off tv. to make someone angry. Why did you have to start out your speech by dinking off the entire audience? rinky-dink(ˈrɪŋkiˈdɪŋk) mod. cheap; inferior; broken down. I sold my rinky-dink old car yesterday. |
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