请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 dinkum
释义

dinkum

[ ding-kuhm ]
/ ˈdɪŋ kəm /

adjective Australian.

genuine; authentic.
Also fair din·kum [fair-ding-kuhm] /ˈfɛər ˈdɪŋ kəm/ .

Origin of dinkum

First recorded in 1890–95; origin uncertain, possibly from Lincolnshire dialect dincum, dinkum “work, hard work,” extended to mean “doing one's fair share of work”

Words nearby dinkum

dinitrophenylhydrazine test, dink, Dinka, dinkey, dinkie, dinkum, dinky, dinky-di, dinna, dinner, dinner clothes
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for dinkum

  • "Dinkum yakker" all right, and about three-parts of it not necessary, if I'd only known.

    From Chart House to Bush Hut|Charles W. L. Bryde
  • No one in the Australian army but knows the meaning of "dinkum."

    "Over There" with the Australians|R. Hugh Knyvett

British Dictionary definitions for dinkum

dinkum
/ (ˈdɪŋkəm) /

adjective Australian and NZ informal

genuine or righta dinkum bloke
fair dinkum genuine or true: used to emphasize the truth of something or in asking for the truth of something to be confirmedBack to the states? Fair dinkum?
dinkum oil archaic the truth

Word Origin for dinkum

C19: from English dialect: work, of unknown 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
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/22 8:20:02