whack

英語

詞源

不詳，原為蘇格蘭英語。可能是擬聲詞，但對比中古英語 thakken ← 古英語 þaccian（其因與本詞異文合併而派生出thwack）。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/wæk/
• (wine/whine) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ʍæk/

• （澳洲）音頻

  （文檔）

• 韻部：-æk
• 同音詞：wack (帶有wine-whine兼併的口音)

名詞

whack (複數 whacks)

1. 重擊 （無論是否擊中）
2. 重擊聲
3. (美國，俚語) 嘗試

   C'mon. Take a whack at it.

   來嘛，來試一下。

   40 bucks a whack.

   40塊一次。

4. (原為英國cant，較為過時) 一份 （尤指一大部分）
   • Template:RQ:Thackeray Pendennis
   • Template:RQ:London White Fang
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: Appleton, Chapter VII, page 108,^[1]

     「 […] O'Cannon's a taxpayer. He pays his whack towards the upkeep of the State School up in town—」

   • 1951, Katherine Mansfield, Letters to John Middleton Murry, 1913-1922,

     For one thing I had a splendid supper when I got on board—a whack of cold, lean beef and pighells, bread, butter ad lib., tea, and plenty of good bread.

   • 2014, Anthony Pritchard, Grand Prix Ferrari (page 203)

     There were problems over the installation of the engine and the handling. The team had paid top whack for the two Coopers, but the company gave them no help at all.

5. (棄用) 拆分，瓜分

   近義詞： whack-up、divvying up、division

6. (美國，棄用) 約定，協議
   • Template:RQ:Twain Tom Sawyer

   It's a whack!

   說定了！

7. (過時，迪斯科時代毒品俚語) 苯環己哌啶，天使粉

   近義詞： PCP、phencyclidine、wack

8. (字體排印，計算機，俚語) 反斜線，反斜槓 ⟨ \ ⟩

   del c:\docs\readme.txt

   可讀作Delete c colon whack docs whack readme dot text.

衍生詞彙

• full whack
• go whacks
• have a whack at
• out of whack
• take a whack at
• top whack
• wacky
• whack up、whack-up

動詞

whack (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 whacks, 現在分詞 whacking, 一般過去時及過去分詞 whacked)

1. 重擊

   The bat whacked the baseball.

   球棍打到了棒球上。

   • Template:RQ:Conrad Heart of Darkness
   • G. W. Cable

     Rodsmen were whacking their way through willow brakes.

2. (俚語) 幹掉，殺掉

   近義詞： 參見Thesaurus:kill

   • 2008 4月 29, Rockstar, Grand Theft Auto 4, Take-Two Interactive，關卡/區域：Flatline:

     Niko Bellic: So you want me to talk to him? / Jimmy Pegorino: I want you to whack him! And after that I want you to kill all the other rats I surround myself with...

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

3. (及物，俚語) 瓜分 （常帶up）

   to whack the spoils of a robbery

   瓜分搶劫得來的贓物

   • 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, London: G. Newbold, Volume 2, p. 152,

     When the sewer-hunters consider they have searched long enough […] the gang […] count out the money they have picked up, and proceed to dispose of the old metal, bones, rope, &c.; this done, they then, as they term it, 「whack」 the whole lot; that is, they divide it equally among all hands.

4. (運動) 徹底打敗，徹底擊敗
   • 2012, Ryan Pyette, Majors, Panthers play mind games, The London Free Press:

     The fidgety Majors were whacked 9-1 by the Kitchener Panthers at Couch and now trail their rivals 2-0 in an increasingly uncomfortable best-of-seven Intercounty Baseball League first-round series.

5. (英國，常用否定) 超過，勝過
   • 2012, Steve Cullen, Total Flyfisher:

     Recently I was over in Ireland, I love the place, proper fishing, can't whack it!

衍生詞彙

• whack-a-mole
• whack off
• whack the illy

形容詞

whack (比較級 whacker, 最高級 whackest)

1. wack (「瘋狂的」)的另一種寫法

   That's whack, yo!

   太牛逼了吧！

   • 2007, Joyce E. Davis, Can't Stop The Shine, page 51:

     As they joked about the big butts on female celebrities and what rappers had the whackest lyrics, Malcolm paid little attention to Kalia besides squeezing her hand or grabbing her arm to hold himself up […]

參考資料

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "whack, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1923.