单词	kink
释义	kink1 nounkink2 verb kinkkink1 /kɪŋk/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINkink1 Origin: 1600-1700 Dutch Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES If there's a kink in the hose, you won't get any water. There's only one minor kink remaining to be discussed in the contract. There was a kink in the path just before the bridge. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But Internet sales are being delayed until kinks can be smoothed out, as well as security issues. But not killed: instead it put a uniform kink in their spins. I cheer as Reeves insists on voting for himself, stubbornly and gleefully throwing a kink into already gummy works. In most instances, a kink will produce a slight burr on the surface which can be smoothed out. 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. There was a very obvious kink where the avenue made a bend to avoid some particularly valuable eighteenth-century houses. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorthe place where something bends► bend the place where something bends, especially a road or river: · The plane flew low, following the bends of the river.· You go around a bend and the farm is on the right.sharp bend (=a sudden extreme bend): · He rounded a sharp bend, and suddenly the deep blue Mediterranean lay before him.hairpin bend (=an extremely sharp bend): · The bus creaked slowly round the hairpin bend. ► curve a long smooth bend in a surface, line, or object: · From the balcony, you could see the long curve of the shoreline.· Morgan was killed when he lost control of his car in a curve. ► twist a sudden sharp bend in something: · The path has a lot of twists and turns. ► kink a small sharp bend in something, especially something that is straight for the rest of its length: · If there's a kink in the hose, you won't get any water.· There was a kink in the path just before the bridge. ► joint the place where two parts of someone's body or two parts of a machine are joined, so that they can bend at this place: · I've had a lot of pain in my joints recently, especially in my wrists and shoulders.· The balljoint connects the driveshaft to the gearbox. 1a twist in something that is normally straightkink in The water hose had a kink in it.2a small problem in a plan, system etc:  Given the size of the task, a few kinks are inevitable.3something strange or dangerous in someone’s character kink1 nounkink2 verb kinkkink2 verb [intransitive, transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE kink Simple Form Present I, you, we, they kink he, she, it kinks Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they kinked Present perfect I, you, we, they have kinked he, she, it has kinked Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had kinked Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will kink Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have kinked Continuous Form Present I am kinking he, she, it is kinking you, we, they are kinking Past I, he, she, it was kinking you, we, they were kinking Present perfect I, you, we, they have been kinking he, she, it has been kinking Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been kinking Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be kinking Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been kinking Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Multi-strand, flexible, steel cable is particularly suited to winching because it does not kink so easily. Was her own brain kinking her around, or was Daine trying to tie her mental patterns in knots? to have, get, or make a kink:  Take care to avoid kinking the wire.
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