dunk
意味
- (コーヒー・ミルクなどに)〈パン・ドーナツなど〉を浸して食べる《+名+in(into)+名》
- …に浸す,漬ける
例文
When you mention that centre, who is "Slam Dunk" Shouhoku?
センターって「SLAM DUNK」の湘北で言うと誰?
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”). Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.