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honky tonk

/hong-kee-tongk, hawng-kee-tawngk/US // ˈhɒŋ kiˌtɒŋk, ˈhɔŋ kiˌtɔŋk //UK // (ˈhɒŋkɪˌtɒŋk) //

白酒馆,白酒厂,鸿运当头

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a cheap, noisy, and garish nightclub or dance hall.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Also honk·y-tonk·y [hong-kee-tong-kee, hawng-kee-tawng-]. /ˈhɒŋ kiˌtɒŋ ki, ˈhɔŋ kiˌtɔŋ-/. of, relating to, or characteristic of a honky-tonk: a honky-tonk atmosphere.
    • : characterized by or having a large number of honky-tonks: the honky-tonk part of town.
    • : Music. noting a style of ragtime piano-playing characterized by a strict two-four or four-four bass, either contrapuntal or chordal, and a melody embellished with chords and syncopated rhythms, typically performed on a piano whose strings have been muffled and given a tinny sound.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to visit or frequent honky-tonks.

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Examples

  • In 1988 he dethroned The Honky Tonk Man in only seconds at Summerslam at Madison Square Garden.

  • It came nearer and became plainer—tonk-tonk-tonk; then the tonks all running together briskly.

  • Even so, his ear was first to catch above the rattle of the buggy wheels the far-away, faint tonk-tonk!

  • Amir Khan consented to disband his army, on condition of being guaranteed the possession of what is now the principality of Tonk.

  • Even so, his ear was first to catch above the rattle of the buggy wheels the faraway, faint tonk-tonk!

  • Sarah Brown was rapidly becoming exasperated with everybody concerned, but not least with the evidently camouflaging Tonk.