| 释义 |
hunkers, n. pl. orig. Sc.|ˈhʌŋkəz|
[Connected with hunker v.: cf. the Du. phrases op de hukken or hurken gaan zitten (Verwijs and Verdam), Ger. in der hocke sitzen to squat, which have a similar relation to the verbs hukken, hurken, hocken.]
In the phrase on one's hunkers, in a squatting position, as defined under hunker v.
1756M. Calderwood Journey in Eng. & Low Countries (1842) 164 It goes down with a step, which makes the door so low, that if any body from without speaks to you, they must sit down on their hungkers. 1785Burns Jolly Beggars Recit. vi. iii, Wi' ghastly ee, poor Tweedle-dee Upon his hunkers bended. 1808A. Scott Poems 48 Twa paddocks sat, Exchanging words in social chat; Cock't on their hunkers, facin' ither. 1831S. Lover Legends & Stories of Ireland 200 Up sits the fox on his hunkers. 1882Stevenson Merry Men ii, I got a glisk o' him mysel', sittin' on his hunkers in a hag. 1888in W. B. Yeats Fairy & Folk Tales 109, I seen an ould woman sittin' on her hunkers. 1896Dialect Notes I. 419, I had to sit on my hunkers. Myersville, Md., and Tannersville, Pa. 1898Pall Mall Mag. July 337 ‘We cannot set king Charles back on his throne..by sitting here on our hunkers admiring the sea views.’ 1935A. J. Cronin Stars look Down i. ii. 17 Some colliers..squatted upon their hunkers against the wall. 1947T. H. White Elephant & Kangaroo (1948) xx. 160 Mr. White seized Brownie by the tail—she had been sitting on her hunkers beside him. |