hunky

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈhʌŋ.ki/    美 /ˈhʌŋ.ki/|/ˈhɐŋ.ki/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Hungarian or other eastern European, e.g. a Romanian or a Slav. (Sometimes applied (like honky) to any white person.) US,ethnic,slang,slur,uncommon
    — "All hunkies and wops, and no wonder there was seven hundred and fifty of them."
形容词 adj.
  1. Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty. informal
  2. Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky.
  3. All right; in good condition. US,slang
  4. even; square; on equal footing with. US,slang
    — […] he dropped like a brick into the firing line and began to shoot; began to get "hunky" with all those people who had been plugging at him.

词形变化

hunkier comparative hunkiest superlative hunkies plural hunkie alternative hunkey alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
hunkily hunkiness hunky-dory hunky punk
相关词
hunk

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English hunk
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English hunky
From hunk + -y.
词源 2
From the older *hunk, probably alteration of Hungarian + -ie/-y. Compare bohunk and honky / honkey.
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