fin

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 fĭn

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
    — The fish's fins minimize water flow.
  2. finasteride informal,uncountable
  3. "The end". archaic
  4. a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds. UK,slang
  5. A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
    — a dolphin's fin
  6. Denotes the end of the road. obsolete
  7. A five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars. US,dated,slang
  8. A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
    — The fin stabilises the plane in flight.
  9. A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
  10. A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
  11. A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
  12. A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
    — The divers wore fins to swim faster.
  13. An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
  14. A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
  15. The conning tower of a submarine.
  16. A person's hand. UK,obsolete,slang
    — "Done say I to that, Reuben, tip me your fin, my spark, and it shall be a bet."
动词 v.
  1. To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc. transitive
  2. (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water. intransitive
    — When you spot him finning just under the surface, you move up quietly and present [...] bait, usually a squid.
  3. To swim in the manner of a fish. intransitive
    — A neutrally buoyant diver does not need to fin to maintain depth.
  4. To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins. transitive

词形变化

fins plural fins present,singular,third-person finning participle,present finned participle,past finned past fins plural fins plural

词汇关系

近义词
vane Mohican
衍生词
abdominal fin adipose fin anal fin backfin bigfin blackfin bloodfin bluefin bowfin caudal fin cephalic fin definned dorsal fin fan-in-fin finback fin chop finclip finfish fin fold finfolk finfoot fin-foot fin-footed fin gripper fin keel fin key finless finlet finlike fin-like finnage finning finny finray fin rot finspine finswimmer finswimming fin-toed fin whale forefin hindfin Hoxton fin kitefin lobefin longfin monofin nanofin paired fin pectoral fin pelvic fin plainfin redfin red-fin shark sailfin scalyfin shark-fin shark fin sharkfin shark fin soup sharksfin sharpfin shortfin silverfin snubfin soupfin splitfin spotfin swim fin swimfin tail fin tailfin threadfin threefin triplefin unpaired fin ventral fin whitefin woundfin yellowfin
相关词
cul-de-sac fin de siècle

词源

词源 1
From Middle English fin, from Old English finn, from Proto-Germanic *finnō, *finǭ (“dorsal fin”) (compare Dutch vin, German Finne, Swedish finne, fena), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”) (compare Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Latin pinna (“feather, wing, fin”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”).
词源 2
From Yiddish פֿינף (finf, “five”). Doublet of cinque, finnuf, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”).
词源 3
From French fin (“end”). Doublet of fine and finis.
词源 4
Clipping of finasteride.
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