bork

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /bɔːk/    美 /boɹk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The bald notothen or bald rockcod (Pagothenia borchgrevinki), a species of cod icefish (Nototheniidae) native to the Southern Ocean. informal
    — Near the water surface, Mayflower hunted for larger prey in the form of "borks." Pagothenia borchgrevinki "bork," for short—are buggy-eyed, dark-spotted fish with a Mohawk ridge of fins along the top. They live among the ice crystals formed by the platelet ice, hiding just below the frozen surface of the sea in -3°C (27°F) water.
  2. The sound that a dog makes. Internet,humorous
    — Understanding doggo memes requires a previous knowledge of doggo meme jargon, including words such as bamboozled (a word that basically signifies confusion in any context) and bork (for a dog’s bark).
动词 v.
  1. To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy. US,ambitransitive,derogatory,often
    — In light of the current furor over trying to appoint a new Supreme Court justice, I would like to submit a new verb in the English language. Three forms would be "to bork," "borking," and "borked." This would describe the act of partisan political character assassination.
  2. To misconfigure, break, or damage, especially a computer or other complex device. slang,transitive
    — The first time I tried the test machine that I got, I borked the configuration pretty badly (I.e., I inverted the interfaces among other things).
  3. Of a dog, to bark. Internet,humorous
    — Dogs become “doggo”, “floofs” and “puppers” and they “bork” rather than bark.
  4. To boink; to have sex with. slang,vulgar
    — It was Oscar Wilde who remarked on the phenomenon of Life imitating Art . What with the tabloid Press, and Princess Di borking her riding instructor in a high-life, contemporary update of Lady Chatterley's Lover, we may soon not need fiction […]
  5. To retch or vomit. slang
    — He tweeted: “Barf!! @BurgerKingUK thanks for [sic] Hygeine standards. How many hairs did I eat b4 realising?? Borked!!!”
  6. To become broken or damaged, especially of a computer or other complex device. intransitive,slang
    — Sometimes Windows system files get messed up (the technical term is "borked"). In those cases, Microsoft has a program called Refresh that scans and fixes all the system files, without changing your settings, removing any installed programs, or blasting your data.

词形变化

borks present,singular,third-person borking participle,present borked participle,past borked past Bork alternative borks present,singular,third-person borking participle,present borked past borked participle,past borken participle,past borks plural borks plural borks present,singular,third-person borking participle,present borked participle,past borked past borks present,singular,third-person borking participle,present borked participle,past borked past borks present,singular,third-person borking participle,present borked participle,past borked past

词汇关系

衍生词
borked borkage borky

词源

词源 1
A reference to the unsuccessful 1987 United States Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork (1927–2012); first appeared in print that same year.
词源 2
Possibly derived from borken, a deliberate misspelling of the word broken used in ironic or humorous contexts; or from the usage described under “Etymology 1” above.
Alternatively, sourced from the Muppet's Swedish Chef, see Swedish Chef
词源 3
From the species name of Pagothenia borchgrevinki.
词源 4
Mutation of bark.
词源 5
Perhaps from a blend of boink + pork.
词源 6
Onomatopoeic, representing the sound of vomiting. Possibly related to boak.
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