fink
- IPA[fɪŋk]
英式
- an unpleasant or contemptible person.;a person who informs on people to the authorities
- inform on (someone) to the authorities;fail to do something promised or expected
verb: fink, 3rd person present: finks, gerund or present participle: finking, past tense: finked, past participle: finked
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名詞
- 1. an unpleasant or contemptible person.
- ▪ a person who informs on people to the authorities he was assumed by some to be the management's fink
- ▪ a strike-breaker.
動詞
- 1. inform on (someone) to the authorities there was no shortage of people willing to fink on their neighbours
- 2. fail to do something promised or expected administration officials had finked out we felt like he finked out on us
- ▪ cease to function your immune system begins finking out and you get sick
- (circa 1770–1823), US frontiersman. His exploits as a marksman, Indian scout, trapper, and ...
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[fiNGk]
美式
- an unpleasant or contemptible person.
- inform on to the authorities: there was no shortage of people willing to fink on their neighbors
Oxford American Dictionary