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A hickey is a red or purple mark on the skin, most often on the neck, left when someone sucks or kisses hard there as a sexual act. People also call it a love bite.
A hickey is a red or purple mark on the skinhickey是皮膚上一塊紅色或紫色的痕跡 most often on the neck最常出現在脖子上 left when someone sucks or kisses hard there as a sexual act是有人在那裡用力吸吮或親吻留下的，屬於性行為的一種 People also call it a love bite大家也叫它love bite
It is not a bump from a door, and it is not a medical rash. The mark usually in a few days.
It is not a bump from a door這不是撞到門留下的腫包 and it is not a medical rash也不是醫學上的疹子 The mark usually fades in a few days這個痕跡通常幾天內就會消退
The word is informal; you would not put it in a school report. American English uses hickey; British English more often says love bite. People hide one with a collar or makeup because it tells a private story in public.
The word is informal這個字很口語 you would not put it in a school report不會寫進學校報告裡 American English uses hickey美式英文用hickey British English more often says love bite英式英文比較常說love bite People hide one with a collar or makeup有人會用衣領或化妝品把它遮起來 because it tells a private story in public因為它會在公開場合洩漏一段私密的事
Though actually, older American English also used hickey for a small nameless , but that use is much rarer now, and this is the skin-mark sense.
Though actually不過其實 older American English also used hickey for a small nameless gadget早期美式英文也用hickey指某個叫不出名字的小工具 but that use is much rarer now但這種用法現在少見很多 and this is the skin-mark sense這裡收的是皮膚痕跡這個意思
組成The origin of this meaning is unknown. There is an Irish family name Hickey, from a word for a healer, but that is a different story and not where the mark-on-the-skin word comes from.
原始詞典資料10 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。
Hickeyname
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A surname from Irish.
hickeynoun/ˈhɪk.i/
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slangA bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
- But Louis Vuitton bras all over your breasts / Got me wanting to put hickeys all over your chest
- When it comes to hickeys, the best I can tell you is that a lot of girls cover them with makeup or a turtleneck shirt. But let me close with a final thought. Never be ashamed of your hickeys. Show them off proudly as badges of love.
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A similar mark made by the pressure of a musical instrument such as a violin or viola against the neck.
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dialectalA pimple.
- No, a pimple is not a small pimp. It is what they call a hickey in the country. Look up papules.
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slanginformalAn object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
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mediaprintingpublishingA printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo, or as an unprinted spot within a solid printed area.
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informalmediaprintingpublishingA serif or other ornamentation on type.
- Years ago, there were internal company standards for dark center (ink color) hickeys and for white voids in solids/type.
- It is generally believed, by those who study such things, that serif typefaces are easier to read when reading a lot of words. The hickeys (serifs) on each letter tend to push our eye toward the next letter.
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Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
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A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
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slangbusinessfinanceAn unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action.
- take a hickey
- Farmer Jones took a hickey on his soybean crop when the flood washed the seeds away.
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。