nark

n. 警察的眼线, 密探 v. 作眼线, 密告

发音

UK /nɑːk/
AU
US /nɑːɹk/

词形变化

narks 复数 narked narking narks 三单 narks narking 现在分词 narked 过去式 narked 过去分词

别名

narc

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A police spy or informer.

    爱尔兰 英国 俚语
  2. 2.

    An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others.

    澳大利亚 俚语
  3. 1.

    Alternative form of narc (narcotics officer).

    俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    To serve or behave as a spy or informer; to tattle.

    不及物 俚语 及物

    “If you nark on me, I’ll rip your arms off,” said Tim to his brother, as he passed him a joint.

    I don’t trust that guy; he’s gonna nark us out.

  2. 2.

    To annoy or irritate.

    俚语 及物

    It really narks me when people smoke in restaurants.

  3. 3.

    To complain.

    不及物 俚语

    He narks in my ear all day, moaning about his problems.

  4. 4.

    To stop.

    俚语 及物

    Nark it! I hear someone coming!

词汇关系

词源

Uncertain. Perhaps from Angloromani nok (“nose”), from Romani nakh, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka), ultimately a doublet of nose.

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