rinky-dink

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹɪŋ.kɪ.dɪŋk/    美 /ˈɹɪŋkiˌdɪŋk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who is contemptible or insignificant.; An amateur or someone who is underqualified. US,countable,informal,uncountable
    — The point is that SCUBA diving is not for "rinky-dinks" ; it is for well trained people only, and then only in the company of other experienced divers.
  2. A person who is contemptible or insignificant.; Someone who operates unethically; specifically, a small-time conman or crook. US,countable,informal,uncountable
    — In addition to such creeps, there is also found in various organizations an assortment of longhairs, corny antiques, arky back-numbers, moldy mossbacks, rinky-dinks, tintypes, schmoes and schmaltzes of all flavors.
  3. Something that is not up to acceptable standards; something of low quality. US,countable,informal
    — But when we start getting really into the "rinky-dinks" of this thing is when we get over here in the columns.
  4. A miscellaneous object or thing; a thingy. US,countable,informal
    — [H]e, […] had just ordered a Sennett. […] He wanted no detachable top of pleb[e]ian characteristics; he wanted two regular bodies, one for winter and one for summer. And he wanted a special color and a monogram and a whole lot of rinky-dinks that cost him money.
  5. Deceptive or underhanded rigmarole; deception, trickery; (countable) often preceded by the: an instance of this; a deception, swindle, a trick. US,archaic,informal,uncountable
    — [H]e entered the realm of educational matters […] Two years of his life were spent at this elevating game, during which time he had only eighty-two fights with fond mothers who felt that he had been either neglectful of their particular children or had ruthlessly given them the rinky-dink.
  6. Alternative form of rinky-tink (“a tinkling, tinny style of music; honky-tonk”). US,alt-of,alternative,informal,uncountable
    — The [King] Oliver band had a new kind of beat, a real jazz beat instead of the ragtime rinky-dink.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of poor quality; amateurish, shoddy, small-time. US,informal
    — That rinky-dink shelf is likely to collapse if you fill it with books.
  2. Old-fashioned, tired; also, shabby, worn-out. US,informal
  3. Crooked, dishonest, underhanded. US,informal
    — When NBC licensed his reruns to the Arts & Entertainment cable network without consulting him, he was incensed. "It was a rinky-dink deal," says a source.
  4. Alternative form of rinky-tink (“tinkling and tinny”). US,alt-of,alternative,informal
    — As I child, I learned to play on that old pump organ and so had my father. This piano was very special. It had an extra floor pedal which gave the piano a rinky-dink sound like no other.

词形变化

rinky-dinks plural rinky-dinky alternative

词汇关系

相关词
coinkydink dinky

词源

词源 1
Origin unknown; possibly a variant of rickety (“of an object: not strong or sturdy; of a person: feeble in the joints, tottering”), reduplicated with a change of the initial consonant. The noun is attested earlier than the adjective.
词源 2
Origin unknown; possibly a variant of rickety (“of an object: not strong or sturdy; of a person: feeble in the joints, tottering”), reduplicated with a change of the initial consonant. The noun is attested earlier than the adjective.
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