cockney

n.
1.cook,squeamish or over-refined woman厨娘，过分拘谨或讲究的女人。
△Lr.2.4.123(122):“Cry to it(i.e.your heart),nuncle,as the cockney did to the eelswhen she put ’em i’ the paste alive:”老伯伯，你向它叫吧，就像厨娘把鳗鱼活生生地放进面糊里去一样。(按：厨娘要用鳗鱼做饼馅，但不忍心先把它杀死。)
2.young cock,affected,foppish person自命不凡的少年，装腔作势的浮华子弟。
△Tw.4.1.14:“I am afraid thisgreat lubber,the world,will prove a cockney.”i.e.Ifear that this great foolish fellow,the world,will turnout to be an affected person (because everything is af-fecting to what it is not). 我恐怕这个大傻瓜，世界，也要变成装腔作势的浮华子弟。(按：意思说既然什么都是装假，那么全世界都是在装模作样。)

cockney[ˈkɔkni]

n.伦敦方言，伦敦腔 adj. 伦敦方言的