单词 | wonk |
释义 | wonk[ wongk ] / wɒŋk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wonk ON THESAURUS.COM noun Slang.a student who spends much time studying and has little or no social life; grind. a stupid, boring, or unattractive person. a person who studies a subject or issue in an excessively assiduous and thorough manner: They’re searching for a policy wonk to lead the economic institute’s think tank. Origin of wonkAn Americanism first recorded in 1960–65; of expressive origin; nautical slang wonk “a midshipman,” and Australian slang “white person; gay man” are probably independent formations OTHER WORDS FROM wonkwonk·ish, adjectiveWords nearby wonkwonder-worker, wondrous, wonga, wonga-wonga, Wŏnju, wonk, wonkish, wonky, wonna, Wŏnsan, wont Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wonkBritish Dictionary definitions for wonkwonk / (wɒŋk) / nouninformal a person who is obsessively interested in a specified subjecta foreign policy wonk Word Origin for wonkC20: of uncertain origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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