hunk

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hunk /hʌŋk/ noun [countable]  1  THICK OBJECT OR MATERIALa thick piece of something, especially food, that has been taken from a bigger piece 〔切下或撕下的〕一大块，一厚块，一大片〔尤指食物〕hunk of a hunk of bread 一大片面包► see thesaurus at piece2. informalSEXY a sexually attractive man with a big strong body 魁梧性感的男子

Examples from the Corpus

hunk• He turned round, offering me a hunk of bread and margarine with cheese on top - real luxury.• Jack cut off a hunk of meat and handed it to Simon.• For lunch I had cheese with a hunk of bread and a glass of red wine.• Comets are hunks of dirt and ice with elongated orbits that take them from the outer solar system to near the sun.• Lifting the heavy hunks of metal over the chain-link fence seemed improbable and buyers of black-market bronzes are scarce.• Just pick up the nearest hunk of high-priced technology you have on hand and hurl it against the wall.• The final project was a still life with all these objects in it as well as a small hunk of plastic ham.• Her eyes lit up as she spotted Spartacus hunk Kirk-at 83 just a year her junior and pictured right.• He reached the large block of offices, at least eighty firms doing business within this hunk of concrete and glass.Origin hunk (1800-1900) Flemish hunke

hunk nounChinese  

food, a Corpus piece something, of especially thick

hunk
hunk /hʌŋk/ noun [countable]1. a thick piece of something, especially food, that has been taken from a bigger piece
    hunk of
    a hunk of bread
2. informal a sexually attractive man with a big strong body
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ piece an amount of something that has been cut or separated from the main part: Could I have another piece of cake? | a piece of broken glass | Emma cut the pie into eight pieces.
   ▪ bit a piece. Bit is more informal than piece and is often used about smaller pieces: The notes were written on bits of paper. | He threw a bit of wood onto the fire.
   ▪ lump a small piece of something solid or firm that does not have a regular shape: two lumps of sugar | a lump of coal | a lump of clay
   ▪ scrap a small piece of paper, cloth etc that is no longer needed: I wrote the phone number on a scrap of paper. | The dog was eating scraps of food off the floor.
   ▪ strip a long narrow piece of cloth, paper etc: a strip of cloth | The leather had been cut into strips.
   ▪ sheet a thin flat piece of something such as paper, glass, or metal: a blank sheet of paper | a sheet of aluminium
   ▪ slice a thin flat piece of bread, cake, meat etc cut from a larger piece: a slice of pizza | Cut the tomatoes into thin slices.
   ▪ chunk a piece of something solid that does not have a regular shape – used especially about food, rock, or metal: The fruit was cut into large chunks. | a chunk of bread
   ▪ hunk a large piece with rough edges, which has been cut or has broken off a bigger piece of food, rock etc: a big hunk of cheese | hunks of concrete
   ▪ block a piece of something solid, which has straight sides: concrete blocks | a block of cheese | a block of ice
   ▪ slab a thick flat piece of stone, or of cake, meat etc: The floor had been made from stone slabs. | a slab of beef
   ▪ cube a piece that has six square sides – used especially about food: a cube of sugar | ice cubes
   ▪ wedge a piece that has a thick end and a pointed end, and is shaped like a triangle – used especially about food and metal: a wedge of cheese
   ▪ bar a block of soap, chocolate, candy, or metal, which has straight sides: a chocolate bar | a bar of soap | gold bars worth more than £26 million
   ▪ rasher British English a slice of bacon: I usually have two rashers of bacon for breakfast.

hunkBrE /hʌŋk/ 🔊NAmE /hʌŋk/ 🔊 nouna large piece of sth, especially food, that has been cut or broken from a larger piece （尤指食物切下或掰下的）大块，大片◆a hunk of bread/cheese/meat一大块面包／干酪／肉(informal) a man who is big, strong and sexually attractive 魁梧性感的男子；猛男◆He's a real hunk. 他身材真结实。🔊🔊