单词 | clinker |
释义 | clink·er ![]() n. 1. The incombustible residue, fused into an irregular lump, that remains after the combustion of coal. 2. A partially vitrified brick or a mass of bricks fused together. 3. An extremely hard burned brick. 4. Vitrified matter expelled by a volcano. 5. Slang a. A sour note in a musical performance: hit a clinker. b. A mistake; a blunder. c. Something of inferior quality; a conspicuous failure: a clinker of a show. 6. Chiefly British Something admirable or first-rate. intr.v. clink·ered, clink·er·ing, clink·ers To form clinkers in burning. [Obsolete Dutch klinckaerd, from Middle Dutch klinken, to clink; see CLINK1. N., senses 5 and 6, from CLINK1.] |
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