tonk

vi.强打, 轻易获胜

发音

AU

词形变化

tonks 复数 tonked tonking tonks 三单 tonking 现在分词 tonked 过去式 tonked 过去分词 tonker 比较级 tonkest 最高级

别名

tunk

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An illegal immigrant of any country.

    美国 贬义 俚语

    1990: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary, Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments: Hearings Before the Committee - An agent, Larry Moy, when asked to define the derivation of the term “tonk,” replied: “...it's the sound of flashlight hitting somebody's head, tonk". [This "derivation" is incorrect - see Etymology]

    1998: Cirenio Rodriguez & Enrique T Trueba, Leadership, education and political action, in Ethnic Identity and Power: Cultural Contexts of Political Action in School and Society - "Catch as many tonks as you guys can. Safely. An alien is not worth busting a leg."

    May 2006) - The pissed off Arizona land owner who snipes the tonks with a high powered rifle.

  2. 1.

    An item or items of value, or of perceived value, especially for sale.

    可数 俚语 不可数

    How much tonk have we got to shift?

  3. 1.

    A matching card game, combining features of knock rummy and conquian.

    不可数
  4. 1.

    A sound produced by knocking on something hollow.

  5. 2.

    A resounding strike of the ball; a powerful hit of the ball with the bat.

    非正式 体育 游戏
  6. 1.

    A tank.

    俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    To knock or strike (a ball) so that it flies through the air.

    非正式 及物 体育 游戏
adj.
  1. 1.

    Big, muscular, massive.

    英国 俚语
interj.
  1. 1.

    Representing a sound produced by knocking on something hollow.

相关短语

honky-tonk n. 下等酒馆 honky tonk

词源

Origins are unknown, but definitely predate the use of metal flashlights, contrary to the most quoted description of origin. It is probable that the origin relates to Chinese immigration, as the first law to restrict immigration from a particular country was enacted in 1882 to limit the numbers of Chinese coming to the United States. It is said that many of the illegal immigrants made their way to the US via the Gulf of Tonkin area of what is now Vietnam. It is also possible that the term is related to the Chinese "tong" mob.

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