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单词 hi-jinx
释义

hi-jinx

See also: hijinx

English

Noun

hi-jinx (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of high jinks (alternative form of hijinx)
    • 2011, Kim Newman, “Postscript: The Post-modern Horror Film”, in Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen since the 1960s, revised edition, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, part 1 (Nightmare Movies), page 288:
      Day of the Dead stretches the zombie film just about as far as it can go – and the film [George Andrew] Romero wanted to make could have been even more challenging – but the horror movie audience is more interested in the partying hi-jinx of trendy monsters like [Dan] O'Bannon's funky zombies, Freddy Krueger or Herbert West.
    • 2014 August 27, Kent Bell, “Hi-jinx Stories”, in Look Ma, No Hands, No Legs Either, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 41:
      Even though I have no arms or legs I did put my mom through some tough times. I did my share of rebellion and hi-jinx.
    • 2014, I. G. Armstrong, Slaughtering Butterflies, →ISBN, page 158:
      He had no idea what was going on up there at the house, hoped it was no more than some trivial case of assault or some drunken sexual hi-jinx – but his sense of discomfort, bordering at times on dread – would not go away.
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