cockney
美音:
[´kɔknı
]英音:
[´kɔknı
]n.伦敦人(出生于伦敦东区者),伦敦话,伦敦腔
难易程度:
cockney为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:cockneys
cockney
/'kɒknɪ; `kɑknɪ/
n
1 [C] native of London, esp of the East End of the city 伦敦人(尤指东区人).
2 [U] dialect spoken by cockneys 伦敦人的方言; 伦敦土话.
adj [esp attrib 尤作定语] of cockneys or their dialect 伦敦人的; 伦敦土话的
*a cockney accent 伦敦口音
* cockney humour, slang, wit 伦敦人的幽默、俚语、机智.
cockney
n
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: cockney 'male chicken's egg, child treated too well, person who lives in a town' (14-19 centuries), from cocken 'of cocks' + ey 'egg' (11-16 centuries) (from Old English Ag)]
[C]
someone who comes from the east part of London, and who has a particular way of speaking which is typical of working class people who live there
[U]
a way of speaking English that is typical of working class people in the east part of London
>cockneyadj
She has a broad cockney accent.