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cockney

/kok-nee/US // ˈkɒk ni //UK // (ˈkɒknɪ) //

鸡鸣语,鸡鸣人,鸡婆,鸡鸣

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cock·neys.

    • : a native or inhabitant of the East End district of London, England, traditionally, one born and reared within the sound of Bow bells.
    • : the pronunciation or dialect of cockneys.
    • : Obsolete. a pampered child.a squeamish, affected, or effeminate person.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to cockneys or their dialect.

Examples

  • “Yes, I do,” he says with a Cockney accent so thick Judge Whitehead asks him to deliver his testimony while facing him.

  • But on the big screen, this bullish Brit transformed into the quintessential Cockney accented tough guy with a big heart.

  • They have been in situ all week, with tents, Union Jacks, and lashings of cockney wisdom.

  • Characters in the soap Eastenders, which charts the lives of cockney Londoners, call their children Chelsea.

  • His candid cockney-accented vocal stylings still reverberate through the Brit pop of today.

  • "Come in," said a Cockney voice shrill with youth, in answer to her tap; and the child obeyed.

  • Here the Scot entered into explanations which threw the Cockney's brain into a complete muddle.

  • The dank vapours of Covent Garden are sweet in the nostrils of many a cockney reveller.

  • The little cockney children circle around me to get a view from all sides.

  • If he be a Cockney soldier he will repeat the word: "'Orspital, mate—lor' luv ye, wish I wuz back!"