释义 |
Definition of donko in English: donkonounPlural donkosˈdɒŋkəʊ NZ informal A room in a workplace where employees spend breaks. there'd be after-work drinks in the donko Example sentencesExamples - The donko was silent, a silence punctuated by the slap of cards, the scrape of matches and the clatter of enamel mugs.
- They'd had a really neat donko for smoko where he could really put his feet up.
- The men drifting from the donko wove the final hymn through the thud of the works machine.
- Silence settled, with the smell of the pots, over the donko.
- In the woolstores, smoko was held in the donko.
- He sits in the donko beside the rotary milking shed on the 235-hectare family farm.
- It’s equally clear you don’t visit construction site donkos.
- Government photographers also ventured from the factory into the staff cafeteria, the tea-room, or the 'donko' to record workers at rest.
Origin 1970s: possibly an abbreviation of slang donkey room, a room housing a donkey engine at the Wellington wharves, where workers would shelter in inclement weather. |