hunk

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hunk /hʌŋk/ noun [countableC]

1 THICK OBJECT OR MATERIALa thick piece of something, especially food, that has been taken from a bigger piece 〔切下或撕下的〕一大块，一厚块，一大片〔尤指食物〕

hunk of

a hunk of bread

一大片面包

► see thesaurus at piece

2. informalSEXY a sexually attractive man with a big strong body 魁梧性感的男子

Examples from the Corpus

hunk• He turned round, offering me a hunk of bread and margarine with cheese on top - real luxury.• Jack cut off a hunk of meat and handed it to Simon.• For lunch I had cheese with a hunk of bread and a glass of red wine.• Comets are hunks of dirt and ice with elongated orbits that take them from the outer solar system to near the sun.• Lifting the heavy hunks of metal over the chain-link fence seemed improbable and buyers of black-market bronzes are scarce.• Just pick up the nearest hunk of high-priced technology you have on hand and hurl it against the wall.• The final project was a still life with all these objects in it as well as a small hunk of plastic ham.• Her eyes lit up as she spotted Spartacus hunk Kirk-at 83 just a year her junior and pictured right.• He reached the large block of offices, at least eighty firms doing business within this hunk of concrete and glass.

Origin hunk

(1800-1900) Flemish hunke

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