(pl. -ies) informal <非正式>
1
- mass noun Austral. cheap or home-made wine〈澳〉廉价葡萄酒; 家酿葡萄酒。
- ORIGIN: originally British slang.
2
- a derogatory term used by black people for a white person〈贬〉白人(黑人用语)。
3
- (一般作pinkies)the maggot of the greenbottle fly, used as fishing bait蛆, 叉叶绿蝇的幼虫(用作鱼饵)。
词源
late 19th cent.: from PINK2, of obscure origin.