chine
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
The top of a ridge.
- 2.
The spine of an animal.
- 3.
A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
- 4.
(nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
- 5.
(aeronautics) A longitudinal line of sharp change in the cross-section profile of the fuselage or similar body.
- 6.
(nautical) A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
- 7.
The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
- 8.
The back of the blade on a scythe.
- 9.
(Southern England, Vancouver)A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
- 2.
To chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine.
- 3.
(obsolete)To crack, split, fissure, break.
The wayward son did chine his father's heart.
A drought had caused the earth to chine and cranny.
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From Middle English chyne, from Old French eschine, from *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. shin.