英语词汇“kink”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	kink
释义	kink I. \ˈkiŋk\ intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English kinken — more at chink dialect : to be seized with a kink : gasp convulsively (as in laughing or coughing) II. noun (-s) dialect : a fit or paroxysm of coughing or laughter < the sister was in kinks of laughter — Donagh MacDonagh > III. noun (-s) Etymology: Dutch; akin to Middle Low German kinke kink — more at conger 1. a. : a short and often tight twist or curl caused by a doubling or winding of something (as a rope or hair) upon itself < looped hose should be changed … to reverse folds and prevent kinks — G.E.Stecher > b. : a bend in something (as a line) otherwise straight : indentation, projection < a dozen curly streets with kinks in them — Thomas Wood †1950 > < a kink in a line on a graph > c. : a buckling of a railroad track due to longitudinal movement of the rails by creeping or expanding 2. a. : a twist or turn in a person's nature or disposition : a mental or physical peculiarity : eccentricity, quirk < the kink in his psychology which made him such a menance to society — P.G.Wodehouse > < a suspicious contempt for the intellectual life … is a kink in the American character — J.J.Wright > b. : an odd notion : whim < got a kink in her head that diamonds she must have — Julian Hawthorne > 3. : a clever and often unusual idea or method of doing something < every kink … time-saver, or quality-improvement suggestion entered in the contest — Textile Industries > < cost-cutting shop kinks — U.S. Daily > 4. : a cramp or stiffness in some part of the body : crick < taking the kinks out of his legs — Sinclair Lewis > 5. a. : an imperfection (as in design or construction) that is likely to cause difficulties in the operation of something < to spot the kinks … that get into an airplane as a result of faulty design — G.W.Gray b.1886 > < number of kinks … to be ironed out of the system — Cecile Starr > b. : a particular type of imperfection in a crystal that is important in the theoretical study of plastic deformation IV. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *intransitive verb* : to wind into or form a kink : become tightly twisted at one or more points < vinyl hose … will not kink — Monsanto Magazine > *transitive verb* : to cause to form a kink : make a kink in < the sinkers are projected forward to kink the yarn around the needles — Full-Fashioned Knitting Machine Primer >
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