hunky-dory
英 [,hʌŋki'dɔ:ri]
美
- adj. 了不起的；极好的；最高的
中文词源
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。
英文词源
- 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.