英:[fɪŋk]
美:[fɪŋk]
英:[fɪŋk]
美:[fɪŋk]
noun
one who is disapproved of or is held in contempt
strikebreaker
informer sense 2
verb
intransitive verb
to give information about another's wrongdoing to an authority : squeal—usually used with onHe finked on them (to the police/teacher)."Tell on you?" Ken said. "What makes you think we'd do a thing like that?" "Of course not," Toby said. "We don't go around finking on people."—Zilpha Keatley Snyder
" … A bunch of us had busted somebody's beautiful etched glass window with a brick. The cops came, rounded us up, and we all denied it except one guy who finked. … "—Dick Cavett
1902年,起源不明,可能源自德语 Fink “轻浮或放荡的人”,最初的意思是“金翅雀”(参见 finch); 德语单词也有“告密者”的意思(比较 stool pigeon)。另一种理论将其追溯到 Pinks,缩写为 Pinkerton agents,这是雇用的私人警察部队,用于瓦解1892年的 Homestead 罢工。作为动词,1925年出现在美国英语俚语中。相关: Finked; finking。
Noun of uncertain origin Note: The word fink is apparently first attested in a sketch by the American humorist George Ade, "'Stumpy' and Other Interesting People," first printed in the Chicago Record on March 17, 1894. It has traditionally been compared with German Fink, literally, "finch" (see finch), used in various pejorative compounds, as Dreckfink (Dreck "filth"), Mistfink (Mist "manure"), Schmierfink (Schmiere "grease"), referring to a dirty or untidy person (Mistfink, at least, is known from the end of the 15th century); or with Fink in German university slang referring to someone who did not belong to a student association (Burschenschaft). Probably of more relevance to the English word is the recording of Fink, Finke in German criminal argot (Rotwelsch) as one of many variants (also Pink, Pincke, Pünke, Bink, Bing, Fünke) with the meaning "contemptible person" (recorded by the criminologist Friedrich Avé-Lallemant in his "Wörterbuch der Gaunersprache," in vol. 4 of Das Deutsche Gaunerthum, Leipzig, 1862). These forms are clearly dependent on a Dutch, Frisian and Low German etymon meaning "little finger" (see pinkie >entry 2), extended to mean "penis" (a sense recorded for East Frisian pink, and a meaning of both Fink and Pink in Low German according to Avé-Lallemant) and then "contemptible person." Verb derivative of fink >entry 1
The first known use of fink was in 1894
1 He wasn’t afraid for his life now, just irritated that this fink had wasted his time.
2 I was finking," went on the president, confidentially and undisturbed, "why a nice little surprise for papa wouldn't be as good an idea as any.
3 “I fink I could go to sleep better if I had my bunny.”
4 I still fink it’s funny though—’cause I get paid for not doing nuffing.
5 If I find the rat fink who informed on me, he will be punished.
如果给我找出哪个卑鄙小人出卖我,他会受到惩罚的。
6 Car rental companies and mass transit and traffic authorities are watching where we go, sending us automated tickets, finking us out to busybodies, cops and bad guys who gain illicit access to their databases.
7 “Don’t fink it can be done!” said Pip, shaking her head.
8 Lisa Warner is a parenting expert whose website Fink (Family Interaction Nurtures Kids) produces conversation prompt CARDS for teenagers.
LisaWarner是一个教育专家,她的网站Fink(家庭与培养儿童的互相影响)为青少年印制了一些谈话鼓励卡。
9 Don't be a rat fink, Jack.
不要可恶地打小报告,杰克。
10 Helen Fink and her colleagues have modified the bacterial cellulose so that these cells adhere better.
海伦·芬克及其同事已对细菌纤维素进行修复,以便于这些细胞粘附得更好。
11 "When I want to do anyfing, he says I'm too little; but when he wants me to do anyfing he finks I'm big enough."
12 Mac OS X users may want to try Fink, which installs a rich UNIX environment under the new Mac OS X.
MacOSX用户可能想试一下Fink,它是在新Mac OS x下安装一个丰富的UNIX环境。
13 "I likes you, I fink," she said with much conviction, and Carter bowed over it with a courtesy that placed him instantly in the good graces of both.
14 "We think John is a fink pacifist on a super ego trip, " she said.
她说:“我们认为约翰是个极力追名逐利、喜欢告密的和平主义者。”
15 Because Epson’s print heads are always connected to the printer, fink can be piped to them from anywhere—a cartridge or a tank on the side of the printer.
16 “However,” Toby continued, “this is not a matter of plain and simple finking. Letting you Egyptians get away with all this secret stuff just might be considered—like, unpatriotic, or something.”
17 "You fink I stayed around after this girl says there's a dragon about? Are you out of your mind?"
18 "One issue on the export side is the ongoing struggle to restore damaged production lines and supply chains," said Ms Fink of Jefferies.
“一个问题是在出口方面通过不断的努力来重建损坏的生产线和供应链”MsFink说。
19 But it seemed to have a fink to a tracer on the Berg, maybe controlled by old-school radar or other shortwave technology.
20 "We already know women use static cues such as facial and bodily characteristics in their assessments of men," says Fink.
芬克说:“我们已经知道女人评价男人用一些静态信息,比如面部特点,身体特征等。”
1 告密者
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3 讨厌的家伙
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4 告发
prosecution denunciation Tell report shop inform shelf peach prosecute denounce squeak pimp squeal snitch dob delate rat on put the finger on drop a dime on information indictment rat present pool tell split sing relation rap whistle-blowing chirp belch whistle stag clype charge rank blow finger impeach incriminate criminate
6 讨厌鬼
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8 撤退
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9 食言
15 破坏罢工者
17 打小报告者
18 警官
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19 织布鸟
20 破坏罢工
21 退出
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23 告密
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24 侦探
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27 卑鄙小人