dunk英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.

— The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk.

动词 v.

To submerge briefly in a liquid. transitive

— I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider.
To set down carelessly. transitive

— Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV.
To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power. ambitransitive

— The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority.
To put down on social media [with on]. Internet,intransitive

词形变化

dunks present,singular,third-person dunking participle,present dunked participle,past dunked past dunks plural

词汇关系

衍生词

dunkable dunker dunk on dunk out

词源

词源 1

From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”).
Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.

词源 2

From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”).
Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.