| 释义 |
noundɪkdɪk vulgar slang 1A man's penis. Synonyms phallus, member, male member, organ, male organ, sex, erection - 1.1 A stupid or contemptible man.
Synonyms idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod scoundrel, villain, rogue, rascal, brute, animal, weasel, snake, monster, ogre, wretch, devil, good-for-nothing, reprobate, wrongdoer, evil-doer
2North American mass noun, with negative Anything at all. you don't know dick about this—you haven't a clue!
verb dɪkdɪk North American 1informal no object Waste time; mess around. Synonyms interfere, fiddle, fiddle about, fiddle around, play about, play around, tamper, meddle, tinker, monkey, monkey about, monkey around 2with object (of a man) have sexual intercourse with.
Origin Mid 16th century (in the general sense 'fellow'): pet form of the given name Richard. Sense 1 of the noun dates from the late 18th century. Rhymes artic, brick, chick, click, crick, flick, hand-pick, hic, hick, kick, lick, mick, miskick, nick, pic, pick, quick, rick, shtick, sic, sick, slick, snick, stick, thick, tic, tick, trick, Vic, wick noundɪkdɪk North American dated, informal A detective. Example sentencesExamples - Williams agrees and Kelso becomes a private dick, trying to work out the details of the murder and to free Williams, for whom he has developed a good bit of respect and admiration.
- Set in Los Angeles, the show follows the tradition of the hardboiled dicks portrayed by Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, James Cain, Ross McDonald.
- The image of a private dick gazing out his office window, a Lucky in one and a stiff drink in the other, is nearly a cliche.
- Our city's private dicks are mostly double-dipping police pensioners.
- She's the English version of a hard-boiled dick, tougher than most all her country's male detectives, public or private.
Origin Early 20th century: perhaps an arbitrary shortening of detective, or from obsolete slang dick 'look', from Romany. noundɪkdik vulgar slang 1A penis. Synonyms phallus, member, male member, organ, male organ, sex, erection - 1.1 A stupid or contemptible man.
Synonyms idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod scoundrel, villain, rogue, rascal, brute, animal, weasel, snake, monster, ogre, wretch, devil, good-for-nothing, reprobate, wrongdoer, evil-doer
2North American with negative Anything at all. you don't know dick about this—you haven't a clue!
verbdɪkdik North American vulgar slang 1informal no object Handle something inexpertly; meddle. he started dicking around with the controls Synonyms interfere, fiddle, fiddle about, fiddle around, play about, play around, tamper, meddle, tinker, monkey, monkey about, monkey around 2with object (of a man) have sexual intercourse with (someone).
Origin Mid 16th century (in the general sense ‘fellow’): pet form of the given name Richard. Sense 1 of the noun dates from the late 18th century. noundɪkdik North American dated, informal A detective. Example sentencesExamples - She's the English version of a hard-boiled dick, tougher than most all her country's male detectives, public or private.
- Set in Los Angeles, the show follows the tradition of the hardboiled dicks portrayed by Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, James Cain, Ross McDonald.
- Williams agrees and Kelso becomes a private dick, trying to work out the details of the murder and to free Williams, for whom he has developed a good bit of respect and admiration.
- Our city's private dicks are mostly double-dipping police pensioners.
- The image of a private dick gazing out his office window, a Lucky in one and a stiff drink in the other, is nearly a cliche.
Origin Early 20th century: perhaps an arbitrary shortening of detective, or from obsolete slang dick ‘look’, from Romany. |