porky

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. singulative of pork (“law enforcement”) Multicultural-London-English,form-of,singulative,slang
  2. A lie. Cockney,slang
    — When she turned up at the lab, she gave us a sprawling prepared presentation relying heavily on anecdotal evidence, where it wasn't relying on skewed statistics, unfounded claims and outright porkies.
  3. A porcupine. childish,informal
    — The irate Ranger killed thirteen porcupines chewing away on his front porch, and still they came, the salt proving an irresistible lure. In this same district a porky pulled the most impudent stunt of all.
  4. An eye. Cockney,in-plural,slang
    — Fucked if I know, I never even clapped my little porkies on him before.
形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling or characteristic of pork.
    — It was tender and delicious, with a kind of porky taste you didn't often get from supermarket meats.
  2. Rather fat; chubby. slang
    — In front of Lister a small red-haired man, with a porky roll of flesh above his towel-top, was examining a line of girls.

词形变化

porkier comparative porkiest superlative porkies plural porkies plural porkies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
porkily porkiness porky pie
相关词
porker pork pie

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos
Proto-Italic *porkos
Latin porcus
Old French porcbor.
Middle English pork
English pork
English -y
English porky
From pork + -y.
词源 2
Clipping of pork pie.
词源 3
Clipping of porcupine.
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