linch

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet.
    — Within ten years linches were formed; rain washed down the mould, some accident arrested it at a certain line, and a terrace was the result. Certainly the tendency is for the upper part of such a field to be denuded of mould, to be worked "to the bone," i.e. to the bare chalk or stone. But the first makers of linches had no choice. They had to farm on slopes or not at all, […]
  2. An acclivity; a small hill or hillock. obsolete,rare,regional
    — I lay down on a linch to lithe my bones.

词形变化

linches plural lynch alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
linchy
相关词
lince lynchet

词源

From Middle English linche, link, from Old English hlinċ (“a hill”). Possible doublet of lynch.
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