lank
/læŋk/adjective
1
- (of hair) long, limp, and straight（头发）长而无力地下垂的。
1.1
- (of a person) lanky（人）瘦长得难看的。
2
- S. African informal very numerous or plentiful〈南非, 非正式〉众多的, 大量的：
come and share our braai - we've got lank meat.
来和我们一起吃烤肉——我们多的是呢。
ORIGIN: perhaps from Afrikaans geld lank 'money galore'.
2.1
- very good; fantastic极好的, 极妙的：
my dad's got a lank new car.
我爸爸有辆极好的新车。
ORIGIN: perhaps related to Afrikaans lank nie sleg nie 'not at all bad'.
派生词
lankly
adverb （限义项1）lankness
noun词源
Old English hlanc 'thin， not filled out'， of Germanic origin; related to High German lenken 'to bend， turn'， also to FLINCH1 and LINK1 .