“unk-unks”的英文意思

单词

unk-unks

释义

ˈunk-unks, n. pl. U.S. slang.
[duplication of the first three letters of the word unknown + pl. ending -s.]
A condition resulting from fear of or apprehension about the unknown; unknown factors.
1970Time 9 Mar. 63 Lately the industry has suffered a succession of blows:..As a result, aerospacemen have come down with a severe case of what they call the ‘unk⁓unks’—the ‘unknown unknowns’.1970Guardian Weekly 1 Aug. 24 ‘Unk Unks’..are the villains favoured by Lockheed to explain the extraordinary series of financial disasters that has led it to the verge of bankruptcy.

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