Yank

发音

AU /jæŋk/

词形变化

Yanks 复数 Yanks

别名

yank

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States.

    Someone from the northern United States.

    美国

    Halt! come down there, you Yanks, come down!

  2. 2.

    A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States.

    Someone from the northern United States.

    One from New England.

    美国
  3. 3.

    A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States.

    Someone from the northern United States.

    Someone on the Union side.

    美国 历史
  4. 4.

    A native or inhabitant of some part of the United States.

    Someone from the United States.

    澳大利亚 加拿大 爱尔兰 新西兰 英国 贬义 俚语 引申义

    1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados The smart and inventive turn of the modern Yank has made him a specialist in ingenious devices, straight or crooked. Unpickable locks and invincible lock-pickers, burglar-proof safes and safe-specializing burglars, come equally from the States.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

yankee Yankee Doodle northerner

上位词 1

American

下位词 1

federal

相关短语

Yank tank yank off yank someone's chain Yank tanks yank around yank one's crank Yankee football Yankee cheese pull the football rank and yank Billy Yank

词源

Clipping of Yankee.

来源：wiktionary