hokey pokey

IPA/ˌhəʊ.ki ˈpəʊ.ki/
IPA/ˌhoʊ.ki ˈpoʊ.ki/

hokey pokey — 名詞

1. a light, crunchy sweet made by boiling sugar and golden syrup with bicarbonate o

1.名詞B2
釋義

蜂蜜脆糖

糖與小蘇打製成的酥脆蜂蜜糖塊

a light, crunchy sweet made by boiling sugar and golden syrup with bicarbonate of soda. The mixture foams up and sets into a hard block with many tiny bubbles

例句

Brandon bought a bar of hokey pokey and shared pieces with friends on the way home.

Brandon 買了一條蜂蜜脆糖，在路上和朋友分著吃。

countable: 'a bar of hokey pokey'

The recipe combines boiled sugar, golden syrup, and bicarbonate of soda until the mixture foams.

這個食譜將糖、黃金糖漿和小蘇打混合加熱，直到混合物起泡。

ingredients include golden syrup and bicarbonate of soda

常見搭配
  • bar of hokey pokey
  • homemade hokey pokey
  • crush hokey pokey
  • piece of hokey pokey
同義詞
  • honeycomb toffee

    the generic descriptive name for this type of confection; 'hokey pokey' is originally a brand name

  • cinder toffee

    another British term for the same crunchy sugar confection

  • sponge toffee

    the Canadian term for a similar bubbly toffee

用法筆記

Uncountable when referring to the substance itself ('a piece of hokey pokey'), but count use is common for individual wrapped bars ('I ate two hokey pokeys').

常見錯誤

I bought a hokey pokey as a snack.' (when referring to the substance)
I bought a bar of hokey pokey as a snack.
Use 'bar of' or 'piece of' to refer to a single serving of this uncountable confection.

2. vanilla-flavoured ice cream that has small crunchy pieces of honeycomb toffee mi

2.名詞B2
釋義

脆糖冰淇淋

混有蜂蜜脆糖碎的香草冰淇淋

vanilla-flavoured ice cream that has small crunchy pieces of honeycomb toffee mixed through it

例句

On a hot summer afternoon, Mira ordered a large scoop of hokey pokey at the seaside café.

在炎熱的夏日午後，Mira 在海邊咖啡店點了一大球脆糖冰淇淋。

scoop of hokey pokey — common way to order

After finishing their dinner, the children begged their mother for hokey pokey ice cream with chocolate sauce.

吃完晚餐後，孩子們央求媽媽讓他們吃脆糖冰淇淋，還要淋上巧克力醬。

常見搭配
  • scoop of hokey pokey
  • hokey pokey ice cream
  • hokey pokey flavour
  • hokey pokey cone
同義詞

用法筆記

In Britain and especially New Zealand, 'hokey pokey' on an ice cream menu always refers to this honeycomb-toffee flavour, never the dance. This flavour is considered the national ice cream of New Zealand.

常見錯誤

I had a hokey pokey dance.' (when meaning the ice cream)
I had a hokey pokey ice cream.
Without 'ice cream', the word 'hokey pokey' alone could mean the confection or the dance, so specify 'ice cream' for clarity.

3. a party dance where participants join hands in a ring and follow a song, moving

3.名詞B1
釋義

哈基舞

圍成圓圈按口令伸縮四肢的派對舞蹈

a party dance where participants join hands in a ring and follow a song, moving body parts one after another — for instance, putting a foot in, pulling it out, then shaking it

例句

At the wedding reception, everyone joined in the hokey pokey and started shaking their legs.

在婚禮宴會上，大家都加入跳哈基舞，開始甩動雙腿。

social dance performed at parties and weddings

At summer camp, Feng taught the children the hokey pokey, and everyone laughed while shaking their legs.

Feng 在夏令營教小朋友們跳哈基舞，大家邊笑邊甩腿。

常見搭配
  • do the hokey pokey
  • join in the hokey pokey
  • hokey pokey song
  • hokey pokey dance
  • hokey pokey circle
同義詞
  • Hokey Cokey

    the name used in British English for the same dance song

  • Hokey Pokey song

    refers specifically to the accompanying music rather than the dance movements

文法句型

do + the + hokey pokey

join in + the + hokey pokey

用法筆記

In British English this dance is more often called the 'Hokey Cokey'; in American and New Zealand English it is known as the 'Hokey Pokey'. The song follows the pattern 'put your [body part] in, take your [body part] out, and shake it all about'.

常見錯誤

She danced the hokey pokey by herself in the corner.
She joined the circle and did the hokey pokey with the group.
The hokey pokey is a group dance done in a circle, not a solo dance.

同根字

  • Hokey Cokey
    名詞B1
  • hokey-pokey
    名詞B1

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • hokey pokey bar
  • hokey pokey ice cream
  • hokey pokey song
  • hokey pokey dance
  • hokey pokey circle

常用片語

  • do the hokey pokey
  • piece of hokey pokey
  • join in the hokey pokey