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

chin /chin/

noun

The jutting part of the face below the mouth, the front of the lower jaw

transitive verb

To attack by striking on the chin (slang)

To question or tackle aggressively or impertinently (slang)

To pull oneself up so that one's chin reaches (a horizontal bar), as a gymnastics exercise

ORIGIN: OE cin; Ger Kinn, Gr genys (jaw)

chinˈless adjective

Having a receding chin
Ineffectual and not very clever, esp applied to an upper-class person, as in chinless wonder (facetious)

chinˈstrap noun

The strap on a helmet, etc that goes under the chin

chin'-up noun

A physical exercise in which the arms are used to lift the chin over a bar suspended above head height

chinˈwag noun and intransitive verb (slang)

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keep one's chin up

To keep cheerful in a difficult situation (usu shortened to chin up! used as an encouragement)

take it on the chin

To face misfortune, defeat, criticism, etc courageously and without flinching