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单词 dinky
释义
dinky
adjective
informal
uk
/ˈdɪŋ.ki/us
/ˈdɪŋ.ki/
small:
小的
UKapprovingShe's got dinky little(=smallandcharming)feet.她有一双小巧的脚。
USdisapprovingTheylivein a dinky one-roomapartment.他们住在一个狭小的单间公寓里。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Small
  • baby
  • bijou
  • bite-sized
  • compactly
  • compactness
  • dwarf
  • midget
  • modest
  • on the large, small, etc. sideidiom
  • pint-sized
  • pocket handkerchief
  • pocket-sized
  • poky
  • sampler
  • shoe box
  • shrunken
  • skimpy
  • slightness
  • smallish
  • wee
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dinky
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɪŋ.ki/us
/ˈdɪŋ.ki/
abbreviationfordoubleincomenokidsyet: amemberof ayoungcouplein which bothpartnersearna lot ofmoneyand areabletospendit on themselves because they have nochildren:
丁克一族（双收入但没有孩子的夫妻，通常比较富裕，没有子女负担，double income no kids yet的缩写）
Thisareais tooexpensivefor mostpeopletolivein, but it'sparticularlypopularwith dinkies.这个地区贵得让大多数人都住不起，但特别受丁克一族的欢迎。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Class & class-consciousness in general
  • anti-bourgeois
  • anti-snob
  • arriviste
  • bougie
  • gentrify
  • go/come down in the worldidiom
  • go/come up in the worldidiom
  • heap
  • petit bourgeois
  • petty bourgeois
  • pleb
  • plebby
  • social mobility
  • the bottom of the heapidiom
  • the gentry
  • the petite bourgeoisie
  • the upper crust
  • trailer trash
  • underclass
  • upper class
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(Definition ofdinkyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

dinky| American Dictionary

dinky
adjective[-er/-est only]
infml
us
/ˈdɪŋ·ki/
verysmallorslight:
She had a dinky littleapartment.
(Definition ofdinkyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There are the lifestyles of the yuppies and the dinkies.
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They do not do it by placing adinkylittle advertisement.
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We are taking money from families and giving it to the dinkies: down the kids and up the dinkies.
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The train was often run with one car, dubbed thedinky, and made its last run on 1955.
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Dinkywas standard boy character, sporting a flat cap, a striped shirt, and dark shorts.
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The reference depicted it as beingdinkyand unimportant.
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He has described his early comics as just thesedinkyrevenge cartoons in response to having been picked on a lot growing up.
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Build a lot ofdinkylittle ships that can transport 11 people each?
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Dinkywas adopted as a baby.
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