hokkien.

Brit.

/ˈhɒki/, U.S.

/ˈhɑki/, South African English /ˈhɒki/

Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans hokkie.

Etymology: < Afrikaans hokkie enclosure for animals, small room, shack < Dutch hokje enclosed space, enclosure for animals, small room (18th cent.) < hok , in the same senses (see hock n.⁷) + -je -y suffix⁶. Compare earlier hok n.

South African.

1. An enclosure for domestic animals. Frequently with modifying word specifying the type of animal being kept.

ΚΠ

1960 J. Cope Tame Ox 145 Go out and clean the chicken-hokkie.

1990 P. Cullinan in M. Leveson Firetalk 9 ‘If I find one of her pigs in the dry mill again..I'll shoot it!’ ‘No, Boss Skokiaan. I'll make a nice hokkie and then they will stay in it.’

2014 Herald (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 29 May It was so dirty as if there were no cleaners. The place is like a pig hokkie.

2. A booth, compartment, etc.; a small, restricted space.

ΚΠ

1963 K. Mackenzie Dragon to Kill 119 Tony went in through the back, past Petrus,..who was now doing Abel's work. Tony resented him sitting in Abel's little hokkie.

1987 S. A. Botha in Frontline (S. Afr.) Oct. 10 Prisoners under the eye of a uniformed boy with an automatic weapon in his own steel hokkie in the corner.

2015 Cape Argus (Nexis) 4 Apr. 17 One trusts there will be sufficient political maturity by then that those outraged..will not smear [the statue of] JZ with faeces and demand that he be parked out of sight in a plywood hokkie.

3. A simple dwelling; a shack.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun]

hulka1000

boothc1200

hull?c1225

lodge1290

hottea1325

holetc1380

tavern1382

scalea1400

schura1400

tugury1412

donjon?a1439

cabinc1440

coshc1490

cabinet1579

bully1598

crib1600

shed1600

hut1637

hovela1640

boorachc1660

barrack1686

bothy1750

corf1770

rancho1819

shanty1820

kraal1832

shelty1834

shackle1835

mia-mia1837

wickiup1838

caboose1839

chantier1849

hangar1852

caban1866

shebang1867

humpy1873

shack1878

hale1885

bach1927

jhuggi1927

favela1961

hokkie1973

1973 Cape Times 16 June 11 They'll come with bulldozers and knock down our hokkies, then we'll have to sleep in the street.

1990 Weekly Mail (Johannesburg) 30 Mar. 13 Can somebody explain..to me..what this advertiser in the Cape Times has in mind? Windows... Ideal for [an] African hokkie.

2016 Cape Argus (Nexis) 27 Apr. 4 I was all alone and they took me in. They even helped to build a hokkie for myself, supplying me with building materials.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hokkie
释义	hokkien. Brit. /ˈhɒki/, U.S. /ˈhɑki/, South African English /ˈhɒki/ Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans hokkie. Etymology: < Afrikaans hokkie enclosure for animals, small room, shack < Dutch hokje enclosed space, enclosure for animals, small room (18th cent.) < hok , in the same senses (see hock n.⁷) + -je -y suffix⁶. Compare earlier hok n. South African. 1. An enclosure for domestic animals. Frequently with modifying word specifying the type of animal being kept. ΚΠ 1960 J. Cope Tame Ox 145 Go out and clean the chicken-hokkie. 1990 P. Cullinan in M. Leveson Firetalk 9 ‘If I find one of her pigs in the dry mill again..I'll shoot it!’ ‘No, Boss Skokiaan. I'll make a nice hokkie and then they will stay in it.’ 2014 Herald (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 29 May It was so dirty as if there were no cleaners. The place is like a pig hokkie. 2. A booth, compartment, etc.; a small, restricted space. ΚΠ 1963 K. Mackenzie Dragon to Kill 119 Tony went in through the back, past Petrus,..who was now doing Abel's work. Tony resented him sitting in Abel's little hokkie. 1987 S. A. Botha in Frontline (S. Afr.) Oct. 10 Prisoners under the eye of a uniformed boy with an automatic weapon in his own steel hokkie in the corner. 2015 Cape Argus (Nexis) 4 Apr. 17 One trusts there will be sufficient political maturity by then that those outraged..will not smear [the statue of] JZ with faeces and demand that he be parked out of sight in a plywood hokkie. 3. A simple dwelling; a shack. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] hulka1000 boothc1200 hull?c1225 lodge1290 hottea1325 holetc1380 tavern1382 scalea1400 schura1400 tugury1412 donjon?a1439 cabinc1440 coshc1490 cabinet1579 bully1598 crib1600 shed1600 hut1637 hovela1640 boorachc1660 barrack1686 bothy1750 corf1770 rancho1819 shanty1820 kraal1832 shelty1834 shackle1835 mia-mia1837 wickiup1838 caboose1839 chantier1849 hangar1852 caban1866 shebang1867 humpy1873 shack1878 hale1885 bach1927 jhuggi1927 favela1961 hokkie1973 1973 Cape Times 16 June 11 They'll come with bulldozers and knock down our hokkies, then we'll have to sleep in the street. 1990 Weekly Mail (Johannesburg) 30 Mar. 13 Can somebody explain..to me..what this advertiser in the Cape Times has in mind? Windows... Ideal for [an] African hokkie. 2016 Cape Argus (Nexis) 27 Apr. 4 I was all alone and they took me in. They even helped to build a hokkie for myself, supplying me with building materials. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1960
随便看	police scientist police sergeant police ship police siren police special police spy police spying police state police station police surgeon police system police tape police tax police trap police van police village police wagon police whistle police witness police work police-controlled police-court officials police-court proceedings police-guarded police-harassed