Hunk : (특히 음식을 더 큰 것에서 잘라 낸·떼어 낸 큰) 덩이, 큰 조각, (체격 좋고 건장한) 섹시한 남자
Hunky : (체격 좋고) 섹시한, (미국) 동유럽계 or 동유럽에서 온 사람들을 일컽는 모욕적인 말
Hunky-dory : 더할 나위 없이 좋은
1)
a hunk is a large piece of something
a hunk of meat
a hunk of bread
a hunk of cheese
you've also got the word ' a chunk ' as well
a hunk, it's quite big and it's quite think and it's got a good volume to it
please would you tear me a hunk of bread
it's been cut off or broken off, something even bigger
a slab, a wedge, a lump, a block, a chunk
2)
we can also use a hunk, to talk about a person
a hunk is a very attractive man
nowadays there is no way that I am a hunk
a tall strong attractive man
notice this is very very positive, you call somebody a hunk you are being very nice about them
this is much informal
he is a muscle man
he is very macho
he is a strong man
he is a stud
he is a tough guy
he is a very attractive
and then you have the adjective hunky
this guy is really hunky, masculine beauty
exhibiting strong masculine beatuy
this guy is a hunk. he is very hunky
he is really hunky, attractive and well built
hero in most of these action films are is normally pretty hunky
he is in his early twenties and really hunky, big and strong
3)
you probably know the phrase hunky-dory
if everything is hunky-dory , every thing is okay
I am not quite sure how that is linked to a hunk but I guess you could everything is hunky
I think you could problably say that everything's going okay
4)
but notice, one thing to be careful with this word hunky
you can also sue a hunky in american English, this is an insulting word
a derogatory word for people from estern Europe or of estern European descent, but this is only in America
in British they wouldn't know what you meant by hunky
be careful of ' a hunky '
but if you using it as an adjective, he is a hunk of a man, this guy is really hunky. it means you are being very positive about him
Formality : 5 for a hunk of bread
Formality : 3 for he is a hunk or hunky
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