| 单词 | kink |
| 释义 | kink1 /kɪŋk/ noun [countable] 1 BENDa twist in something that is normally straight 扭结，绞缠kink in The water hose had a kink in it. 水龙软管有一处打结了。2 a small problem in a plan, system etc 〔计划、制度等中的〕小问题，小瑕疵 Given the size of the task, a few kinks are inevitable. 这么大的一个任务，出些小问题在所难免。3. STRANGEsomething strange or dangerous in someone’s character 〔某人性格中〕奇特[危险]的成分；怪癖Examples from the Corpuskink• In most instances, a kink will produce a slight burr on the surface which can be smoothed out.• If there's a kink in the hose, you won't get any water.• I cheer as Reeves insists on voting for himself, stubbornly and gleefully throwing a kink into already gummy works.• There was a kink in the path just before the bridge.• There's only one minor kink remaining to be discussed in the contract.• There was a very obvious kink where the avenue made a bend to avoid some particularly valuable eighteenth-century houses.• It took nine years of cutting to work out all the kinks in his technique.• Something to do with the kinks and chemicals in our brains that give us the Talent.• But not killed: instead it put a uniform kink in their spins.• But Internet sales are being delayed until kinks can be smoothed out, as well as security issues.kink in• If there's a kink in the hose, you won't get any water.kink2 verb [intransitive, transitive] to have, get, or make a kink (使)扭结，(使)绞缠 Take care to avoid kinking the wire. 当心别让电线打结。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuskink• Was her own brain kinking her around, or was Daine trying to tie her mental patterns in knots?• Multi-strand, flexible, steel cable is particularly suited to winching because it does not kink so easily.Origin kink1 (1600-1700) Dutchkink1 nounkink2 verbChinese in straight that something twist Corpus a is normally |
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