英语词汇“dick”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dick1

/dɪk

noun vulgar slang

1A man’s penis.

1.1British A stupid or contemptible man.

2 [mass noun, with negative] North American Anything at all.

verb chiefly North American

1 [no object] informal Waste time; mess around.

2 [with 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

dick2

/dɪk

noun informal, dated, chiefly North American

A detective.Our city's private dicks are mostly double-dipping police pensioners....

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.
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.

单词	dick
释义	dick1 /dɪk / noun vulgar slang 1A man’s penis. 1.1British A stupid or contemptible man. 2 [mass noun, with negative] North American Anything at all. verb chiefly North American 1 [no object] informal Waste time; mess around. 2 [with 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 dick2 /dɪk / noun informal, dated, chiefly North American A detective.Our city's private dicks are mostly double-dipping police pensioners.... 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. 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.
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