(pl. -eys)
1
- a native of East London, traditionally one born within hearing of Bow Bells伦敦东区人。
1.1
- mass noun the dialect or accent typical of such people伦敦东区方言（或口音）。
2
- Austral. a young snapper fish (Chrysophrys auratus)〈澳〉金鲷; 小笛鲷。
- ORIGIN: late 19th cent.: of unknown origin.
- of or characteristic of cockneys or their dialect or accent伦敦东区人（特有）的; 伦敦东区方言（或口音）（特有）的：
cockney humour.
伦敦东区式幽默。
词源
late Middle English (denoting a pampered child)： origin uncertain; it is apparently not the same word as Middle English cokeney 'cock's egg', denoting a small misshapen egg （probably from COCK1 + obsolete ey 'egg'）. A later sense was 'a town-dweller regarded as affected or puny', from which the current sense arose in the early 17th cent.