fair dinkum

短语

公平地, 光明正大地

发音

AU /ˌfeː ˈdɪŋ.kəm/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Genuine, honest, fair and square.

    澳大利亚 俚语

    Are you fair dinkum?

    2004, Susie Ashworth et al., Lonely Planet Australia, When people think of Australia they commonly think of the outback; or koalas, kangaroos and ‘fair dinkum’ frontier types.

    He appreciated the honesty, he appreciated the fact that I rang him and was prepared to be fair dinkum with him, and he heard what I said.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Truly, honestly.

    澳大利亚 俚语

    2011, Annabel Stafford, The Mob Can't Hurt You, University of Technology, Sydney, The Life You Chose and That Chose You: The 25th UTS Writers' Anthology, unnumbered page, Well, then I've started fucken crying cause I'm fair dinkum scared the prick's gonna kill me. […] Fair dinkum, it sounds like the whole fucken town's out.

词源

see dinkum.

来源:wiktionary