| 释义 |
chine1 /chīn/ noun- A piece of the backbone and adjoining parts of an animal (esp of a pig) for cooking
- The spine or backbone (archaic)
- Anything resembling a backbone
- The crest of a ridge
- The extreme outside longitudinal member of the planing bottom of a flying-boat hull or a seaplane float, running parallel with the hull (aeronautics)
transitive verb To break the back of ORIGIN: OFr eschine, prob from OHGer scina pin, thorn |