| 单词 | conk |
| 释义 | conk conk1 /kongk, kawngk/, Slang. n. 1. the head. 2. a blow on the head. 3. Brit. the nose. v.t. 4. to hit or strike on the head. [1805-15; of obscure orig.] conk2 /kongk, kawngk/, v.i. Slang. 1. to break or fail, as a machine or engine (often fol. by out): The engine conked out halfway there. 2. to slow down or stop; lose energy (often fol. by out). 3. to go to sleep (usually fol. by off or out). 4. to lose consciousness; faint (usually fol. by out). 5. to die (usually fol. by out). [1915-20; perh. of imit. orig.] conk3 —conky, adj. /kongk, kawngk/, n. Mycol. the shelflike fruiting body of certain wood-decaying fungi; bracket. [1850-55, Amer.; of obscure orig.] conk4 /kongk, kawngk/, Slang. n. 1. a method of chemically straightening the hair. 2. a hairstyle in which the hair has been chemically straightened and sometimes set into waves. v.t. 3. to straighten (kinky hair) by the use of chemicals: to have one's hair conked. Also, process. [prob. shortening and alter. of congolene, alleged to be the name of a hair straightener made from Congo copal] |
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