hickey

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英語[编辑]

脖子上的吻痕

字源[编辑]

未知。

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hickey (複數 hickeys)

  1. (美國俚語) 吻痕 (自1934年)
    近義詞: love bitelovebiteknot
  2. (非正式俚語) 叫不出名字的物體 (自1909年)
  3. (印刷)雜質附著而導致的印刷缺陷,表現為印刷處墨水被一圈無墨痕跡所圍繞,或有墨區域中間有一塊空白
  4. (印刷非正式) 字體襯線或其他裝飾
    • 2008, American Printer (volume 125, page 63)
      Years ago, there were internal company standards for dark center (ink color) hickeys and for white voids in solids/type.
    • 2018, Paul W. Ross, Revival: The Handbook of Software for Engineers and Scientists
      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.
  5. (多指皮膚)組織腫脹,一般是受傷導致 (自1915年)
  6. 彎管器
    近義詞: conduit bender
  7. (美國俚語商業金融) 意想不到的損失,一般搭配作“taking a ...”或“took a ... ”
    Farmer Jones took a hickey on his soybean crop when the flood washed the seeds away.
    洪水把農民瓊斯的種子沖走,使他蒙受損失

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