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Hanky-panky is a joking, slightly naughty way to talk about sexual activity, usually secret or not quite proper — kissing, affairs, “something going on.” People say it to smile and step around a blunter word; it is informal and a bit old-fashioned-playful, more sitcom than clinic. You would not use it in a serious medical or legal talk. Though actually, the word is older than that joke: it also meant trickery or shady dealings, like a magician’s fuss that hides a trick. Today mostly meet the sexy-humour sense, but the “something fishy” sense is still around. It is not about a .
不正經的事、搞曖昧(帶點開玩笑)
組成Possibly a twisting of a Romani phrase hakk'ni panki, “a great trick” or “a big con,” which then came to mean shady dealings and, later, this joking sexual sense. The link is not certain.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hanky-pankynoun/ˌhæŋkɪˈpæŋki/
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Mischievous behaviour; dishonest or shady activity.
- I think there was some hanky-panky with the last election.
- Are you sickened by the idea of more and more CIA hankypanky in Central America?
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Amorous behaviour, making out, necking, sex or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.
- I don't wanna cry / I just wanna hanky panky / Nothing like a good spanky
- You're my doll, rock and roll, feel the glamor in pink / Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky-panky
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A debaucherous act; a sexual act that is considered inappropriate.
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A cocktail made from gin, sweet vermouth, and Fernet-Branca fernet.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。