dinky

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dinky thing.
  2. A person in a relationship with a double income and no kids. slang
  3. A dinky thing.; A small mine car; especially, a small coal car. Appalachia
形容词 adj.
  1. Tiny and cute; small and attractive. UK,informal
    — How do you like my hat? That one you had on in church yesterday was real dinky.
  2. Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable. US,informal
    — They stayed in a dinky hotel room, but they had a great trip.

词形变化

dinkier comparative dinkiest superlative dinkies plural dinkies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
dinkily dinkiness
相关词
dinky-di inky-dinky rinky-dinky

词源

词源 1
1780-90; compare Scots dink (“neatly dressed, trim”) (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; + -y.
词源 2
See DINK.
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