nark

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /nɑːk/    美 /nɑːɹk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A police spy or informer. Ireland,UK,slang
    — So I went and laid down on the grass. While laying there I piped a reeler whom I knew. He had a nark (a policeman's spy) with him. So I went and looked about for my two pals, and told them to look out for F. and his nark.
  2. Alternative form of narc (narcotics officer). alt-of,alternative,slang
  3. An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others. Australia,slang
动词 v.
  1. To serve or behave as a spy or informer; to tattle. intransitive,slang,transitive
    — “If you nark on me, I’ll rip your arms off,” said Tim to his brother, as he passed him a joint.
  2. To annoy or irritate. slang,transitive
    — It really narks me when people smoke in restaurants.
  3. To complain. intransitive,slang
    — He narks in my ear all day, moaning about his problems.
  4. To stop. imperative,often,slang,transitive
    — Nark it! I hear someone coming!

词形变化

narks plural narc alternative narks present,singular,third-person narking participle,present narked participle,past narked past narc alternative narks plural

词汇关系

衍生词
nark it

词源

词源 1
Uncertain. Perhaps from Angloromani nok (“nose”), from Romani nakh, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka), ultimately a doublet of nose.
词源 2
See narc.
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