slink

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /slɪŋk/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A furtive sneaking motion. countable
    — His slink became a stride; he held his tail high; his eyes began to look more curious than scared. But he was still cautious.
  2. The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf. countable,uncountable
  3. The meat of such a prematurely born animal. countable,uncountable
    — It is an ascertained fact that young or “slink” veal very frequently gives rise to diarrhœa, more especially when that disease is epidemic.
  4. A bastard child, one born out of wedlock. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  5. A thievish fellow; a sneak. Scotland,UK,countable,dialectal,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To sneak about furtively. intransitive
    — As we do turn our backs From our companion thrown into his grave, So his familiars to his buried fortunes Slink all away, leave their false vows with him, Like empty purses pick’d; and his poor self, A dedicated beggar to the air, With his disease of all-shunn’d poverty, Walks, like contempt, alone.
  2. To give birth to an animal prematurely. ambitransitive
    — a cow that slinks her calf
形容词 adj.
  1. Thin; lean Scotland

词形变化

slinks present,singular,third-person slinking participle,present slunk participle,past slunk past slinked participle,past slinked past slank participle,past,uncommon slank past,uncommon slinks plural more slink comparative most slink superlative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English slynken, sclynken, from Old English slincan (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleng-, *slenk- (“to turn; wind; twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak; crawl”).
Cognate with West Frisian slinke, Dutch slinken (“to shrink; shrivel”), Low German slinken, Swedish slinka (“to glide”). Compare also German schleichen (“to slink”). More at sleek.
词源 2
From Middle English slynken, sclynken, from Old English slincan (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleng-, *slenk- (“to turn; wind; twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak; crawl”).
Cognate with West Frisian slinke, Dutch slinken (“to shrink; shrivel”), Low German slinken, Swedish slinka (“to glide”). Compare also German schleichen (“to slink”). More at sleek.
词源 3
From Middle English slynken, sclynken, from Old English slincan (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleng-, *slenk- (“to turn; wind; twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak; crawl”).
Cognate with West Frisian slinke, Dutch slinken (“to shrink; shrivel”), Low German slinken, Swedish slinka (“to glide”). Compare also German schleichen (“to slink”). More at sleek.
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