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词汇 dinky
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dinky

adjective
/ˈdɪŋki/
/ˈdɪŋki/
(informal)
  1. (British English, approving) small and neat in an attractive way小巧的;小而精致的
    • What a dinky little hat!多么漂亮的小帽子啊!
  2. (North American English, disapproving) too small微不足道的;不起眼的;无足轻重的
    • I grew up in a dinky little town that didn't even have a movie theater.我生长在一个无名小镇,那里连个电影院都没有。
  3. 词源late 18th cent.: from Scots and northern English dialect dink ‘neat, trim’, of unknown origin.

dinky

noun
/ˈdɪŋki/
/ˈdɪŋki/
(plural dinkies)
  1. (informal, humorous) one of a couple who have a lot of money to spend because both partners work and they have no children. The word was formed from the first letters of 'double income, no kids'.一对夫妇中有很多钱可花的,因为两个伴侣都在工作并且没有孩子,所以其中之一。这个词是由“双重收入,没有孩子”的首字母组成的。
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