单词	clinker
释义	clinkerclink‧er /ˈklɪŋkə $ -ər/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINclinker Origin: 1 1600-1700 klincard type of brick (1600-1700), from Dutch klinkaard2-3 1900-2000 ➔ CLINK1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Most of the album's songs are good, but there are a few clinkers. The singer hit a real clinker in the last verse. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A bad burn could mean no usable clinker and hence no pay. And at each stage, if a clinker shows up, you know, you lost a week. As production methods improved the clinker produced was harder and the cement had to be more finely ground. Crow roasted the earth to a clinker, he charged into space - Where is the Black Beast? In the early days ordinary mill-stones were used as the clinker was soft and the cement need not be finely ground. Its tough pale grass grows on mud and clinker dredged up from the docks. Once the firing was completed the clinker was broken out and carted away to be ground. This was achieved by initially breaking the clinker with stone crushers before grinding. word sets WORD SETS► Gas/Coal/Oil anthracite, nounblack gold, nounblowout, nounboost, nounbunker, nounbutane, nounCalor gas, nounclinker, nouncoal, nouncoal bunker, nouncoalfield, nouncoal gas, nouncoal hole, nouncoalhouse, nounCoalite, coalman, nouncoal mine, nouncoke, nouncolliery, nouncrude, noundrill, verbdrilling platform, nounflue, nounfossil fuel, noungallery, noungas, noungasholder, noungaslight, noungasman, noungas meter, noungasometer, noungasworks, noungusher, nouninternal combustion engine, nounlead-free, adjectivelignite, nounmethane, nounnatural gas, nounoctane, nounoil, nounoil-bearing, adjectiveoilfield, nounoil-fired, adjectiveoilman, nounoil rig, nounoil slick, nounoil tanker, nounoil well, nounOPEC, nounopencast, adjectiveparaffin, nounpilot light, nounpit pony, nounpremium, nounpropane, nounrig, nounroughneck, nounsolid fuel, nounstrike, nounwell, nounwick, nounwildcat, verb 1[countable, uncountable] the hard material like rocks, which is left after coal has been burnt2[countable] American English a bad note in a musical performance:  The singer hit a real clinker.3[countable] American English informal something or someone that is a total failure:  Most of the songs are good, but there are a few clinkers.
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