| 单词 | rim |
| 释义 | rim —rimless, adj. /rim/, n. , v. , rimmed, rimming. n. 1. the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, esp. of a circular object. 2. any edge, margin, or frame added to or around a central object or area. 3. the outer circle of a wheel, attached to the hub by spokes. 4. a circular strip of metal forming the connection between an automobile wheel and tire, either permanently attached to or removable from the wheel. 5. a drive wheel or flywheel, as on a spinning mule. 6. Basketball. the metal ring from which the net is suspended to form the basket. 7. Journalism. the outer edge of a usually U-shaped copy desk, occupied by the copyreaders. Cf. slot (def. 5). 8. Metall. (in an ingot) an outer layer of metal having a composition different from that of the center. v.t. 9. to furnish with a rim, border, or margin. 10. (of a golf ball or putt) to roll around the edge of (a hole) but not go in. 11. Basketball. (of a basketball) to roll around (the rim of the basket) and not go in. 12. to coat or encrust the rim of (a glass): Rim each cocktail glass with salt. [bef. 1150; ME; OE -rima (in compounds); c. ON rimi raised strip of land, ridge] Syn. 1. lip, verge. RIM, BRIM refer to the boundary of a circular or curved area. A RIM is a line or surface bounding such an area; an edge or border: the rim of a glass. BRIM usually means the inside of the rim, at the top of a hollow object (except of a hat), and is used particularly when the object contains something: The cup was filled to the brim. Ant. 1. center. |
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