fink

fink1
(N. Amer. informal)(北美，非正式)
noun
  1. an unpleasant or contemptible person, in particular
    令人不快者；可鄙之人，尤指
    ■a person who informs on people to the authorities
    告密者，告发者；奸细
    he was assumed by some to be the management's fink.
    一些人猜测他是资方的奸细。
    ■(dated)a strike-breaker
    (旧)破坏罢工者，工贼
verb
[no obj.]
  1. (fink on)inform on to the authorities
    告发
    there was no shortage of people willing to fink on their neighbours.
    意欲告发邻居者总不乏其人。
  2. (fink out)fail to do something promised or expected because of a lack of courage or commitment
    （因怯懦、无责任心而）食言；背信；违约
    administration officials had finked out.
    行政官员背信弃义。
    ■cease to function
    停止发挥作用，停止运转，失灵
    your immune system begins finking out and you get sick.
    你的免疫系统开始失去作用，你就会生病。
语源
  1. late 19th cent.: of unknown origin; perhaps from German, literally 'finch', but also a pejorative term. Students started to refer to non-members of fraternities as finks, probably by association with the freedom of wild birds as opposed to caged ones. The term was later generalized to denote those not belonging to organizations such as trade unions
fink2
noun
  1. (S. African)a weaver bird
    (南非)织布鸟，织雀
语源
  1. early 19th cent.: Anglicized form of South African Dutch vink 'finch'
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