单词 | clinker brick |
释义 | clinker brick in British English (ˈklɪŋkə brɪk) noun another name for clinker (sense 2) clinker in British English (ˈklɪŋkə) noun 1. the ash and partially fused residues from a coal-fired furnace or fire 2. Also called: clinker brick a hard brick used as a paving stone 3. a partially vitrified brick or mass of brick 4. slang, mainly US something of poor quality, such as a film 5. US and Canadian slang a mistake or fault, esp a wrong note in music verb 6. (intransitive) to form clinker during burning Word origin C17: from Dutch klinker a type of brick, from obsolete klinckaerd, literally: something that clinks (referring to the sound produced when one was struck),from klinken to clink1 |
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