hunky-dory

英 [,hʌŋki'dɔ:ri] 美
  • adj. 了不起的;极好的;最高的
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hunky-dory 平安无事

词源不详,可能来自荷兰语honk,家园,dory,不详。即平安回家的。

hunky-dory (adj.)
1866, American English (popularized c. 1870 by a Christy Minstrel song), perhaps a reduplication of hunkey "all right, satisfactory" (1861), from hunk "in a safe position" (1847) New York City slang, from Dutch honk "goal, home," from Middle Dutch honc "place of refuge, hiding place." A theory from 1876, however, traces it to Honcho dori, said to be a street in Yokohama, Japan, where sailors went for diversions of the sort sailors enjoy.