hanky-panky

短语
FREQ #36339

n. 愚弄, 欺诈, 捣鬼, 诡计

发音

US
UK /ˌhæŋkɪˈpæŋki/

别名

hanky panky

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Mischievous behaviour, dishonest or shady activity.

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    I think there was some hanky-panky with the last election.

  2. 2.

    Amorous behaviour, smooching, making out, necking, sex or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.

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  3. 3.

    A debaucherous act; a sexual act that is considered inappropriate.

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

trickery hocus-pocus skulduggery jiggery-pokery skullduggery slickness

上位词 3

deception deceit misrepresentation

词源

Possibly a corruption of the Romani expression hakk'ni panki ("great trick", "big con" and hence "shady dealings").

来源：wiktionary