yonks

长时间

发音

UK /jɒŋks/
AU

词形变化

only 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A long time (especially a longer time than expected); ages

    爱尔兰 英国 仅复数 俚语

    Haven’t seen him in yonks!

    I’ve been a teacher for yonks–I should really try another career.

    This egg is taking yonks to boil.

词源

Unknown. First seen in print around 1960. One theory is that it comes from donkey's ears; another is that it is an abbreviation of years, months and weeks.

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