| 释义 |
▪ I. punky, a. Chiefly U.S.|ˈpʌŋkɪ|
[f. punk n.3 + -y.]
a. Containing, or of the nature of, punk or touchwood; of fire, smouldering.
1872W. S. Huntington Road-Master's Assistant 117 A bridge may..have a small knot partially decayed, or ‘punky’, as it is termed. a1876H. Bushnell in Life & Lett. x. (1880) 209 The fire is punky and only smokes. 1880Northwest. Lumberman 24 Jan., For punky knots the general rule is to allow the whole scale of the log for defects. Ibid., A buyer should be allowed..one-half the scale of the punky log. 1903[see pitchpoll, -pole v. b]. 1955Sun (Baltimore) 9 Aug. 16/8 All of the punky and weak wood was removed and a glass and resin putty applied to smooth out the sleek lines. 1958N.Z. Timber Jrnl. Feb. 62/2 Punky, applied to wood showing signs of decay, or to soft spongy heartwood. 1959E. Collier Three against Wilderness iii. 33 She was scurrying around..gathering punky chunks of wood for the smudge. 1968C. Helmericks Down Wild River North ii. xxiv. 386 We are seated..around a smudgy, punky fire.
b. transf. and fig. = punk a. 2.
1886Harper's Mag. Dec. 105/2 George's mother's folks did have a kind of a punky spot somewhere in their heads. 1904N.Y. Times 5 May 8 Written by another man Mr Austin would doubtless find these verses as amusing as the rest of us do—would appreciate their punky pretentiousness. 1926F. Rickaby Ballads 63 Were you punky, were you hollow, You had been a lucky fellow. 1979Maclean's Mag. 2 July 38/2 He doesn't expect to find his punky pubescents through conventional methods.
▪ II. punky
var.punkie. |