cockneys n. 伦敦腔;伦敦人(cockney的复数)
- characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect.
有伦敦人或其方言特点的。 - If they ever existed, the warm-hearted Cockneys in the movies also went away at about the same time as the fogs.
电影里那些热心肠的“伦敦佬”倘若确实存在过的话,也在浓雾消失的同一年代不见了。 - People first coming to London often take an umbrella, while the Cockneys get used to this weather.Caught in a shower, people just find a pub, drinking a cup of beer.
早早降下的夜幕伴随着连绵的冬雨飘洒在人们的身上,使冬天的伦敦看上去显得忧郁、阴暗。
Cockney \Cock"ney\ (k[o^]k"n[y^]), n.; pl. {Cockneys} (-n[i^]z).
[OE. cocknay, cokenay, a spoiled child, effeminate person, an
egg; prob. orig. a cock's egg, a small imperfect egg; OE. cok
cock + nay, neye, for ey egg (cf. {Newt}), AS. [ae]g. See 1st
{Cock}, {Egg}, n.]
1. An effeminate person; a spoilt child. ``A young heir or
cockney, that is his mother's darling.'' --Nash (1592).
This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney.
--Shak.
2. A native or resident of the city of London, especially one
living in the East End district; -- sometimes used
contemptuously.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much
as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots.
--Macaulay.
3. the distinctive dialect of a cockney[2].
[PJC]